Bulganbaatar Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
|
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Multituberculata |
Superfamily: | Djadochtatherioidea |
Genus: | Bulganbaatar |
Species | |
|
Bulganbaatar is a Central Asian mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous. It existed in the company of dinosaurs. This animal was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata. It's within the suborder Cimolodonta and is a member of the superfamily Djadochtatherioidea. The genus Bulganbaatar was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. in 1974.
Fossil remains of the species Bulganbaatar nemegtbaataroides, also named by Kielan-Jaworowska, have been found in Upper Cretaceous-aged strata of the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia and Kazakhstan.