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"Ctenacodon" (not Ctenacodon) is an extinct mammal from the Upper Jurassic of North America. It was a member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata, suborder PlagiaulacidaPlagiaulacida" Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Therapsida Class: Mammalia Order: Multituberculata Families Allodontidae Zofiabaataridae Paulchoffatiidae Hahnodontidae Pinheirodontidae Plagiaulacidae Albionbaataridae Eobaataridae Ref. Order Mul, family Plagiaulacidae, and lived at the same time as more famous creatures such as AllosaurusAllosaurus fragilis Jurassic 140 million years) was a large theropod carnivorous dinosaur with a length of up to 12 meters. Allosaurus is a classic big theropod: a big skull on a short neck, a long tail, and reduced forelimbs. Its most distinctive feature.
Genus: "Ctenacodon"
Species: "Ctenacodon" brentbaatar Bakker, 1998
Place: Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA
Age: Upper Jurassic
Remarks: Based on a well preserved upper tooth (1 mm long). The species name honours the Wyoming paleontologist, Brent Breithaupt . Baatar, MongolianThe Mongolic languages are group of languages spoken in Central Asia. Some linguists propose the grouping of Mongolian languages with Turkic (of which Turkish is a member) and Tungusic as Altaic languages, but this is not universally agreed upon. The best for "hero", is apparently a reference to the heroics involved in surviving, whilst being very small and surrounded by dinosaurSaurischia Ornithischia The dinosaurs were a diverse and long-lived superorder of prehistoric reptiles. What is a dinosaur? Definition Dinosaurs are a superorder of reptiles that first appeared approximately 230 million years ago. A few lines of primitives.
1 References
- R.T. Bakker (1998), "Dinosaur mid-life crisis: the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in Wyoming and Colorado", in: S.G. Lucas, J.I. Kirkland and J. Estep (eds.), "Lower and Middle Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems", New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 14, p.67-77.
- Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J.H. Hurum (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals", Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
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Mesozoic mammals
