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Gobiconodon ostromi

Osteichthyes - Eutriconodonta - Gobiconodontidae

Taxonomy
Gobiconodon ostromi was named by Jenkins and Schaff (1988). Its type specimen is MCZ 19965, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton including both mandibles and partial or complete postcranial bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harvard MCZ 19965 Site, Edwards Ranch, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Cloverly Formation of Montana.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Gobiconodon ostromi Jenkins, Jr. and Schaff p. 3
1998Gobiconodon ostromi Kielan-Jaworowska and Dashzeveg p. 417
2004Gobiconodon ostromi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 241-243
2016Gobiconodon ostromi Kusuhashi et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
speciesostromi

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 ostromi Jenkins, Jr. and Schaff 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available