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Gobiohyus robustus

Mammalia - Helohyidae

Taxonomy
Gobiohyus robustus was named by Matthew and Granger (1925). Its type specimen is AMNH 20246, a mandible (dentary with p4-m3 and alveoli or partial crowns of anterior dentition), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. minor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Gobiohyus robustus Matthew and Granger
1977Gobiohyus robustus Coombs and Coombs p. 299

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyHelohyidae
genusGobiohyus
speciesrobustus

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.

†Gobiohyus robustus Matthew and Granger 1925
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. C. Coombs and W. P. Coombs 1977Larger than Gobiohyus orientalis and G. pressidens (see Table 1).M3 hypoconulid proportionately narrow as in G. orientalis but unlike G. pressidens.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Henan) Gobiohyus robustus (46193)