Corriebaatar

Corriebaatar is the type and only genus of Corriebaataridae, a family of multituberculate mammals. It contains the single species Corriebaatar marywaltersae and represents the first evidence of Australian multituberculates[1] Fossils found in the Wonthaggi Formation date back to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.

Corriebaatar
Temporal range: Aptian
Three views of the holotype tooth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Multituberculata
Suborder: †Cimolodonta
Family: †Corriebaataridae
Rich et al., 2009
Genus: †Corriebaatar
Rich et al., 2009
Species:
†C. marywaltersae
Binomial name
†Corriebaatar marywaltersae
Rich et al., 2009

See also

References
  1. Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P., Flannery, T.F., Kear, B.P., Cantrill, D.J., Komarower, P., Kool, L., Pickering, D., Trusler, P., Morton, S., van Klaveren, N., and Fitzgerald, E.M.G. 2009. An Australian multitubercular and its palaeobiogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(1):1-6.


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