Project 3260: J. R. Wible, S. L. Shelley, S. Bi. 2019. New Genus and Species of Djadochtatheriid Multituberculate (Allotheria, Mammalia) from the Upper Cretaceous Bayan Mandahu Formation of Inner Mongolia. Annals of Carnegie Museum. 85 (4):285.
Abstract
The superfamily Djadochtatherioidea is a distinctive clade of multituberculates from Upper Cretaceous beds of Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, China. Because many of the 11 included genera are known from skulls, more is known about the cranial anatomy of djadochtatherioids than any other clade of multituberculates. Within Djadochtatherioidea, the most diverse and widely accepted group is the family Djadochtatheriidae. Within the family, the basal genus, Kryptobaatar Kielan-Jaworowska, 1970, is small with a skull length of about 30 mm, whereas the other four genera, Djadochtatherium Simpson, 1925, Catopsbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska, 1994, Tombaatar Rougier et al., 1997, and Mangasbaatar Rougier et al., 2016, have skulls approximately twice as long. Here, we describe a new genus and species, Guibaatar castellanus, based on a single specimen from the Upper Cretaceous Bayan Mandahu Formation, Inner Mongolia that we refer to Djadochtatheriidae. Guibaatar is represented by a relatively complete rostrum, a partial right braincase, and partial lower jaws. As revealed by CT scanning, the specimen is a juvenile, with deciduous enlarged upper and lower incisors with permanent replacements forming, m2 erupting, and M2 forming. Based on the preserved cranial parts, we estimate the skull length to be approximately 50 mm, but as an adult, Guibaatar would have been in the size range of the larger djadochtatheriids.Phylogenetic analysis including Guibaatar, known djadochtatherioids, and outgroups places Guibaatar within Djadochtatheriidae, as sister to a clade of Mangasbaatar and Catopsbaatar. We suspect the relationships of djadochtatherioids are likely to be refined given the announcements by other researchers that skulls are known for the djadochtatheriids Tombaatar and Djadochtatherium, which were previously represented by incomplete material.Read the article »
Article DOI: 10.2992/007.085.0401
Project DOI: 10.7934/P3260, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P3260
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10 September 2018 - Publication Date:
16 January 2020 - Media downloads: 1
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Authors' Institutions
- Yunnan University
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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John Wible Project Administrator | 18 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1373 (970, 358, 45) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Shundong Bi Full membership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Sarah Shelley Full membership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M25603' (18 Taxa)
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[1] † Ptilodus Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 71 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[2] † Stygimys Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 49 | 46 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[3] † Taeniolabis Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 53 | 51 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[4] † Eucosmodon Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[5] † Lambdopsalis Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 64 | 57 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[6] † Sloanbaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 60 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[7] † Buginbaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[8] † Nessovbaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[9] † Bulganbaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[10] † Kamptobaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 69 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[11] † Nemegtbaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 77 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[12] † Chulsanbaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 75 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[13] † Kryptobaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 77 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[14] † Djadochtatherium Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[15] † Catopsbaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 75 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[16] † Tombaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 38 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[17] † Mangasbaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 68 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[18] † Guibaatar Taxon name last Modified on 01/16/20 | 0 | 60 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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Matrix downloads | 11 | File output by Morphobank v3.0 (http://www.morphobank.org); 2018-09-10 13.46.32 (11 downloads); |