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Priscagama gobiensis
Taxonomy
Priscagama gobiensis was named by Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody (1984). Its type specimen is ZPAL MgR-III/32, a skull (skull lacking anterior part of snouth, most of brain case, and both supratemporal arches), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khermeen Tsav I, Red Beds [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian eolian sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Priscagama gobiensis Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody pp. 55-61 figs. 1-5, pls 14-19 |
| 1995 | Priscagama gobiensis Gao and Hou p. 74 |
| 1996 | Priscagama gobiensis Gao and Hou p. 584 |
| 2000 | Priscagama gobiensis Gao and Norell p. 34 |
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†Priscagama gobiensis Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody 1984
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou 1995 | Distinguished from other agamids including Mimeosaurus by the combination of the following character states: skull lightly built, flattened, with elongate and pointed snouth; dorsal process of maxilla close to midpoint of tooth row, with anterior extension of premaxillary process; lower jaw slender and long, angular process rudimentary and hooked anteriorly |