Nuurtherium

Nuurtherium is an extinct genus of tritylodontid cynodonts of the Late Jurassic Ulan Malgait Formation of Mongolia. It contains a single species, N. baruunensis, named by Paúl Velazco and colleagues in 2017.[1]

Nuurtherium
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Tritylodontidae
Genus: Nuurtherium
Velazco et al., 2017
Type species
Nuurtherium baruunensis
Velazco et al., 2017

References

  1. Velazco, P.M.; Buczek, A.J.; Novacek, M.J. (2017). "Two new tritylodontids (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Upper Jurassic, southwestern Mongolia". American Museum Novitates. 3874: 1–35. doi:10.1206/3874.1.


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