Corriebaatar

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.

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)

See also

• 2009 in paleontology

References

1. 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.