Corriebaatar

Corriebaatar; Temporal range: Aptian
	Three views of the holotype tooth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Allotheria
Order:	Multituberculata
Suborder:	Cimolodonta
Family:	Corriebaataridae
Genus:	Corriebaatar; Rich et al., 2009
Species
	C. marywaltersae Rich et al., 2009 (type);

Corriebaatar is the type and only genus of Corriebaataridae, a family of multituberculate mammals. It contains the single species Corriebaatar marywaltersae and represents the first evidence of Australian multituberculates^[1] Fossils found in the Wonthaggi Formation date back to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.

References

^ Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P., Flannery, T.F., Kear, B.P., Cantrill, D.J., Komarower, P., Kool, L., Pickering, D., Trusler, P., Morton, S., van Klaveren, N., and Fitzgerald, E.M.G. 2009. An Australian multitubercular and its palaeobiogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(1):1-6. [1]

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