Eobaatar
Sign in to saveEobaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. A member of the also extinct order Multituberculata, it lies within the suborder Plagiaulacida and family Eobaataridae. The genus Eobaatar was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Dashzeveg D. and Trofimov B.A. in 1987. Its name was made from Greek "eos" = "dawn" and Mongolian "baatar" = "hero"", "warrior".
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- Eobaataridae
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- Species
- ''Eobaatar magnus''
- ''"Eobaatar" hispanicus''
- ''"Eobaatar" minor''
- ''"Eobaatar" pajaronensis''
- ''"Eobaatar" clemensi''
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Eobaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. A member of the also extinct order Multituberculata, it lies within the suborder Plagiaulacida and family Eobaataridae. The genus Eobaatar was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Dashzeveg D. and Trofimov B.A. in 1987. Its name was made from Greek "eos" = "dawn" and Mongolian "baatar" = "hero"", "warrior".
==Species== Five species have been described, but as of 2021 only the type species E. magnus is valid.
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