''Liaobaatar changi'' is a

multituberculate Multituberculata (commonly known as multituberculates, named for the multiple tubercles of their teeth) is an extinct order of rodent-like mammals with a fossil record spanning over 130 million years. They first appeared in the Middle Jurassic, a ...

which existed in China during the lower

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

period. It is the only species in the genus ''Liaobaatar''.

Etymology

The name ''Liaobaatar'' indicates the site where the material referred to this genus has been discovered, the Province of Liaoning in China, plus the Mongolian suffix "baatar"= hero often used for multituberculates classification.

References

Multituberculates Cretaceous mammals Fossil taxa described in 2009 Prehistoric animals of China Prehistoric mammal genera {{cretaceous-mammal-stub