Tombaatar
| Tombaatar Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Multituberculata |
| Family: | †Djadochtatheriidae |
| Genus: | †Tombaatar Rougier G.W., Novacek M. & Dashzeveg D., 1997 |
| Species: | †T. sabuli
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| †Tombaatar sabuli Rougier G.W., Novacek M. & Dashzeveg D., 1997
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Tombaatar is a
suborder Cimolodonta and family Djadochtatheriidae
. The genus Tombaatar was named by Rougier G.W., Novacek M. and Dashzeveg D. in 1997.
The species Tombaatar sabuli is known from remains found in the
Djadokhta Formation of Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. Tombaatar was a relatively large multituberculate. The skull
is about 6 cm in length.
References
- Rougier, Novacek & Dashzeveg (1997), "A new multituberculate from the late Cretaceous locality Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia: Considerations on multituberculate interrelationships", American Museum Novitates 3191, p. 1-26.
- Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. & Hurum, J.H. (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals", Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.
- Much of this information has been derived from [1] Mesozoic Mammals: Djadochtatherioidea, an Internet directory.
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