Uzbekbaatar

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| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous

| taxon = Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis

| authority = Kielan-Jaworowska & Nesov, 1992

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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. The genus was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Nesov L.A. in 1992 and means "Uzbek hero".

The one species named by Kielan-Jaworowska and Nesov is Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis, found in the Upper Cretaceous strata of Uzbekistan. A second species was also apparently described by Averianov in 1999.

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Further reading

  • Kielan-Jaworowska and Nesov (1992), "Multituberculate mammals from the Cretaceous of Uzbekistan", Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 37, p. 1-17.
  • 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20030625015751/http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/cimolod.htm]: Mesozoic Mammals: "basal" Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.

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Category:Cimolodonta

Category:Turonian life

Category:Late Cretaceous mammals of Asia

Category:Fossils of Uzbekistan

Category:Bissekty Formation

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1992

Category:Taxa named by Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska

Category:Prehistoric mammal genera

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