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Eobaatar minor

Osteichthyes - Multituberculata - Eobaataridae

Taxonomy
Eobaatar minor was named by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1987). Its type specimen is Institute of Palaeontology, Academy of Sciences, Moscow PIN 3101/70, a mandible (Fragment mandible dext. with alveolus for incisor, p2, the roots and crown fragment of p3 and the anterior part of p4.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khovboor (PIN coll. 3101) [SMPE], which is in an Aptian/Albian lacustrine sandstone/claystone in the Dzunbain Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Eobaatar minor Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 13 figs. Pl. 8 fig. 3
2004Eobaatar minor Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 317

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
familyEobaataridae
genusEobaatar
speciesminor

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Eobaatar minor Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1987Estimated length of the skull is about 2 cm. Short diastema between I and p2. p4 small, dinstinctly smaller and apparently shorter anteroposteriorly than in E. magnus. The ventral margin of the exodaenoodont lobe rounded. The ridges on p4 weaker and more closely arranged than in E. magnus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 119.57000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Eobaatar minor (type locality: 77191)