Djadochtatheriidae

Djadochtatheriidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Multituberculata
Family:	Djadochtatheriidae
Genera
Djadochtatherium   Catopsbaatar   Kryptobaatar   Tombaatar

Djadochtatheriidae is a family of fossil mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Remains are known from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia. These animals lived during the Mesozoic, also known as the "age of the dinosaurs." This family is part of the suborder of Cimolodonta. The taxon Djadochtatheriidae was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. in 1997.

Multituberculates have traditionally been depicted as herbivores. This is too simplistic however, and they’re increasingly termed both herbivores and omnivores. The Kryptobaatar, for example, ate small Mesozoic lizards.

References

• Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (1997), Djadochtatheria: a new suborder of multituberculate mammals. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 42(2), p 201-242
• Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (2001), Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.
• Much of this information has been derived from MESOZOIC MAMMALS Djadochtatherioidea, an Internet directory.