Uzbekbaatar

Uzbekbaatar Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Multituberculata
Suborder:	† Cimolodonta
Genus:	† Uzbekbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska & Nessov, 1992 [1]
Species
U. kizylkumensisKielan-Jaworowska & Nessov, 1992 (type species) U. wardiAverianov, 1999

Uzbekbaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta, though its further affinities are unclear. ^{[2] [3]} The genus was named by Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska and Lev Nessov in 1992 and means "Uzbek hero". ^[1]

The one species named by Kielan-Jaworowska and Nessov is Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis, found in the Upper Cretaceous strata of Uzbekistan. A second species, Uzbekbaatar wardi, was described by Averianov in 1999. ^[4]

References

1. Kielan-Jaworowska, Z.; Nessov, L. A. (1992). "Multituberculate mammals from the Cretaceous of Uzbekistan" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 37 (1): 1–17. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
2. Kielan-Jaworowska, Z.; Hurum, J. H. (2001). "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology. 44 (3): 389–429. doi: 10.1111/1475-4983.00185 .
3. Archibald, J. D.; Averianov, A. P. (2005). "Mammalian Faunal Succession in the Cretaceous of the Kyzylkum Desert". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 12: 9–22. doi:10.1007/s10914-005-4867-3 . Retrieved 23 October 2025.
4. Averianov, A. (1999). "A new species of multituberculate mammal Uzbekbaatar from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 44 (3): 301–304. Retrieved 23 October 2025.

• Much of this information has been derived from : Mesozoic Mammals: "basal" Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.