Uzbekbaatar
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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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The genus was named by Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska and Lev Nessov in 1992 and means "Uzbek hero".<ref name="KielanJaworowskaNessov1992"/>
The one species named by Kielan-Jaworowska and Nessov is Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis, found in the Upper Cretaceous strata of Uzbekistan. A second species, Uzbekbaatar wardi, was described by Averianov in 1999.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
References
- Much of this information has been derived from [1]: Mesozoic Mammals: "basal" Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.