Uzbekbaatar
| Uzbekbaatar Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Multituberculata |
| Suborder: | †Cimolodonta |
| Genus: | †Uzbekbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska & Nessov, 1992[1] |
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Uzbekbaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta, though its further affinities are unclear.[2][3] The genus was named by Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska and Lev Nessov in 1992 and means "Uzbek hero".[1]
The one species named by Kielan-Jaworowska and Nessov is Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis, found in the Upper Cretaceous strata of Uzbekistan. A second species, Uzbekbaatar wardi, was described by Averianov in 1999.[4]
References
- ^ a b Kielan-Jaworowska, Z.; Nessov, L. A. (1992). "Multituberculate mammals from the Cretaceous of Uzbekistan" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 37 (1): 1–17. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ^ Kielan-Jaworowska, Z.; Hurum, J. H. (2001). "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology. 44 (3): 389–429. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00185.
- ^ Archibald, J. D.; Averianov, A. P. (2005). "Mammalian Faunal Succession in the Cretaceous of the Kyzylkum Desert". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 12: 9–22. doi:10.1007/s10914-005-4867-3. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ^ Averianov, A. (1999). "A new species of multituberculate mammal Uzbekbaatar from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 44 (3): 301–304. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- Much of this information has been derived from [1]: Mesozoic Mammals: "basal" Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.