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Zofiabaatar pulcher

Description

Zofiabaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Upper Jurassic period. It was a relatively early member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder "Plagiaulacida". It lived in North America along with dinosaurs such as Diplodocus and Allosaurus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4968762https://www.gbif.org/species/4968762
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)57648https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57648
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Plagiaulacidae : Zofiabaatar : Zofiabaatar pulcher
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Multituberculata : Zofiabaataridae : Zofiabaatar : Zofiabaatar pulcher
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Allotheria
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderPlagiaulacida
familyZofiabaataridaeBakker 1992
genusZofiabaatarBakker and Carpenter 1990
speciesZofiabaatar pulcherBakker & Carpenter 1990
Generic NameZofiabaatar
Scientific NameZofiabaatar pulcher Bakker & Carpenter, 1990
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Zofiabaatar pulcherspeciesbelongs to Zofiabaatarstated without evidenceBakker and Carpenter, 1990
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Multituberculata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. T. Bakker and K. Carpenter. 1990. A new latest Jurassic vertebrate fauna, from the highest levels of the Morrison Formation at Como Bluff, Wyoming, with comments on Morrison biochronology. Part III. The mammals: a new multituberculate and a new paurodont. Hunteria 2(6):4-8
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofiabaatar_pulcher

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1990Zofiabaatar pulcher Bakker and Carpenter pp. 7-8 figs. 8-9
1998Zofiabaatar pulcher Carpenter pp. 394-395
2004Zofiabaatar pulcher Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 303

References

Bakker R. T., Carpenter K. (1990) A new latest Jurassic vertebrate fauna, from the highest levels of the Morrison Formation at Como Bluff, Wyoming, with comments on Morrison biochronology. Part III. The mammals: a new multituberculate and a new paurodont, Hunteria 2 6, 4-8
Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Cifelli R. L., et al (2004) Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure, Columbia University Press, New York, 1-630
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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