Liaobaatar

Liaobaatar changi is a multituberculate which existed in China during the lower Cretaceous period.[1] It is the only species in the genus Liaobaatar.

Liaobaatar
Temporal range: Aptian–Albian
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Liaobaatar

Kusuhasi et al., 2009
Species:
L. changi
Binomial name
Liaobaatar changi
Kusuhasi et al., 2009

Etymology

The name Liaobaatar indicates the site where the material referred to this genus has been discovered, the Province of Liaoning in China, plus the Mongolian suffix "baatar"= hero often used for multituberculates classification.

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