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Nessovbaatar

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Multituberculata

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Sloanbaataridae

Similar
  
Kamptobaatar, Catopsbaatar, Cimolomys

Nessovbaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. It eked out its living in the company of Central Asian dinosaurs. This animal was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta and family Sloanbaataridae.

The genus Nessovbaatar ("Nesov's hero") was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. in 1997 in honour of Russian paleontologist Dr. Nesov. The only known species is Nessovbaatar multicostatus (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum 1997), fossils of which were found in the Upper Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia.

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Nessovbaatar Wikipedia