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Gobiolagus major
Taxonomy
Gobiolagus major was named by Burke (1941). Its type specimen is AMNH 26098, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Twin Obo, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Shara Murun Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1941 | Gobiolagus major Burke |
| 2004 | Gobiolagus major Meng and Hu p. 262 |
| 2005 | Gobiolagus major Meng et al. |
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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.
†Gobiolagus major Burke 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Gobiolagus major (type locality: 61229) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Gobiolagus major (77908) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Kazakhstan (Aktyubinskaya) | Gobiolagus major (174743) |