In Depth Barbatodon is a genus of mammal that lived in Europe during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - Pr�cisions sur les affinit�s des Multitubercul�s (Mammalia) du Cr�tac� Sup�rieur de Roumanie [Precise details on the affinities of the multituberculates (Mammalia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania]. - Comptes Rendus de l’Acad�mie des Sciences � Paris, … Read more
In Depth Kimbetopsalis is a genus of multituberculatan mammal that lived in the USA not long after the asteroid impact that marked the KT extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs. Kimbetopsalis has been identified as a member of the Multituberculata due to the large number of cusps that are clearly visible upon the … Read more
In Depth Bolodon is a genus of mammal that lived during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - Fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 24(110):1-115. - Richard Owen - 1871. - A Catalogue of the Mesozoic Mammalia in the Geological Department of the British Museum 1-215. - G. G. Simpson - 1928. - … Read more
In Depth Yubaatar is a genus multituberculate mammal that lived in China during the late Cretaceous. With a reconstructed skull size of seven centimetres, Yubaatar was at the time of the genus description one of the larger known multituberculate mammals known to have been living in Asia during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - Largest … Read more
In Depth Paracimexomys is a genus of multituberculatan mammal that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana. - University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 122:1-286. - J. D. Archibald - 1982. - Multituberculate mammals from near … Read more
In Depth Nidimys is a genus of multituberculatan mammal that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - Mammals from the St. Mary River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Montana. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):885-898. - J. P. Hunter, R. E. Heinrich & D. B. Weishampel - 2010.
In Depth Heishanobaatar is a genus of multituberculatan mammal that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - New multituberculate mammals from the Lower Cretaceous (Shahai and Fuxin formations), northeastern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1501-1514. - N. Kusuhashi, Y. Hu, T. Setoguchi & H. Matsuoka - 2010.
In Depth Remains of Sinobaatar have been found inside the compsognathid dinosaur Sinosauropteryx proving that mammals like Sinobaatar along with others like Zhangheotherium were preyed upon by these kinds of dinosaur. Further Reading Further reading- Sinobaatar gen. nov.: first multituberculate mammal from the Jehol Biota of Liaoning, northeast China. – Chinese Science Bulletin 47(11):933-938. – … Read more
In Depth Paressonodon is a genus of multituberculatan mammal that lived in the USA during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - New Late Cretaceous mammals from northeastern Colorado with biochronologic and biogeographic implications. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (2): 499–520. - Gregory P. Wilson, Marieke Dechesne & Ingrid R. Anderson - 2010.
In Depth Kielanobaatar is a genus of mammal that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - New multituberculate mammals from the Lower Cretaceous (Shahai and Fuxin formations), northeastern China. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1501-1514. - N. Kusuhashi, Y. Hu, T. Setoguchi & H. Matsuoka - 2010.