Liaobaatar

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: Aptian–Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
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.