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Gobiconodon tomidai

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Gobiconodontidae

Taxonomy
Gobiconodon tomidai was named by Kusuhashi et al. (2016). Its type specimen is IVPP V14510, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shahai formation, coal series, Badaohao, which is in an Aptian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/coal in the Shahai Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Gobiconodon tomidai Kusuhashi et al. p. 16 figs. Figures 3 and 4, Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyGobiconodontidae
genusGobiconodonTrofimov 1978
speciestomidai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gobiconodon tomidai Kusuhashi et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. Kusuhashi et al. 2016A small species of Gobiconodon bearing the following unique combination of characters: lower dental formula 2.1.2.5; an enlarged i1, more than twice as tall as i2; a double-rooted p2; m2–m4 with a distinct and almost continuous lingual cingulid; and crowns of m2–m5 that are mesiodistally longer than tall.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Gobiconodon tomidai (type locality: 36972)