Gobiconodon hoburensis Trofimov 1978 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Gobiconodontidae

Alternative combination: Guchinodon hoburensis

Belongs to Gobiconodon according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and D. Dashzeveg 1998

See also Jenkins and Schaff 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Kusuhashi et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Gobiconodon bathoniensis, Gobiconodon borissiaki, Gobiconodon haizhouensis, Gobiconodon hopsoni, Gobiconodon luoianus, Gobiconodon ostromi, Gobiconodon palaios, Gobiconodon tomidai, Gobiconodon zofiae

Type specimen: PIN 3101/24, a mandible (partial right lower jaw). Its type locality is Khovboor (PIN coll. 3101) [SMPE], which is in an Aptian/Albian lacustrine sandstone/claystone in the Dzunbain Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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