Liaobaatar changi is a multituberculate which existed in China during the lower Cretaceous period.[1] It is the only species in the genus Liaobaatar.
| Liaobaatar Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Multituberculata |
| Family: | †Eobaataridae |
| Genus: | †Liaobaatar Kusuhasi et al., 2009 |
| Species: | †L. changi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Liaobaatar changi Kusuhasi et al., 2009 | |
Etymology
The name Liaobaatar indicates the site where the material referred to this genus has been discovered, the Province of Liaoning in China, plus the Mongolian suffix "baatar"= hero often used for multituberculates classification.
References
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