Largest known Mesozoic multituberculate from Eurasia and implications for multituberculate evolution and biology

A new multituberculate, Yubaartar zhongyuanensis gen. and sp. nov., is reported from the Upper Cretaceous of Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China. The holotype of the new taxon is a partial skeleton with nearly complete cranium and associated lower jaws with in situ dentitions. The new species is...

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Main Authors: Xu, Li, Zhang, Xingliao, Pu, Hanyong, Jia, Songhai, Zhang, Jiming, Lü, Junchang, Meng, Jin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4615031/