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Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis

Mammalia - Multituberculata

Taxonomy
Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis was named by Kielan-Jaworowska and Nessov (1992). Its type specimen is CCMGE 40/12455, a tooth (left m2?), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CBI-14, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis Kielan-Jaworowska and Nessov p. 14 figs. 1, 3C
2000Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis Averianov
2004Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 332
2005Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis Archibald and Averianov
2006Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis Averianov and Archibald p. 377

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

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.

†Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis Kielan-Jaworowska and Nessov 1992
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and L. A. Nessov 1992Lower premolar p4 relatively low, with nine serrations and eight ridges. Distance between 8th and 9th serrations distinctly longer than between preceding ones. First ridges weak, the 6th and 7th most prominent. Posterior one third of buccal side smooth. Deep, short incurvature on the posterior surface of p4.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis (type locality: 58168 58174)