Kingdom Animalia Family Djadochtatheriidae Rank Genus | Class Mammalia Phylum Chordata Order Multituberculata | |
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Similar Multituberculata, Catopsbaatar, Kamptobaatar, Nemegtbaatar, Ptilodus |
Kryptobaatar ("hidden hero," from Greek: kryptos, "hidden," and Mongolian: baatar, "hero" or "athlete") and also known as Gobiaatar, Gobibaatar ("Gobi hero") or Tugrigbaatar is an extinct mammalian genus dating from the Upper Cretaceous Period and identified in Central Asia. This animal was a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta, and was a member of the family Djadochtatheriidae. It lived contemporaneously with some of the dinosaurs. Its skull had a length of perhaps 3 cm.
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Species identified
Biology
Kryptobaatar was a hopping species, similar to a modern gerboa.
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Kryptobaatar Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA