Yubaatar

Yu-bah-tar.
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Liam Carter

Paleoanthropologist

Liam Carter explores the roots of humanity by studying early human fossils and artifacts. His ground-breaking work has provided a deeper understanding of our ancestors' lifestyles and social structures.

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Name

Yubaatar (Henan‭ ‬Province hero‭)‬.

Phonetic

Yu-bah-tar.

Named By

L.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Zhang,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Pu,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jia,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Zhang,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬L�‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Meng - 2015.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Multituberculata.

Diet

Omnivore‭?

Species

Y.‭ ‬zhongyuanensis‭

Size

Skull estimate at‭ ‬7‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Henan Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Qiupa Formation.

Time Period

Late Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and post cranial skeleton.

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 known Mesozoic multituberculate from Eurasia and implications for multituberculate evolution and biology.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Scientific Reports‭ ‬5‭(‬14950‭)‬:1-11.‭ ‬-‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Zhang,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Pu,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jia,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Zhang,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬L�‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Meng – 2015.

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