Liaobaatar Explained

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Nao Kusuhashi . Yaoming Hu . Yuanqing Wang . Takeshi Setoguchi . Hiroshige Matsuoka . 2009 . Two eobaatarid (Multituberculata; Mammalia) genera from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin Formations, Northeastern China . . 29 . 4 . 1264–1288 . 10.1671/039.029.0433. 129371064 .