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Gobiates khermeentsavi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Gobiatidae

Taxonomy
Gobiates khermeentsavi was named by Spinar and Tatarinov (1986). Its type specimen is PIN 31/42/1, a skull (well-preserved skull and first three presacral vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khermeen Tsav, Red Beds (PIN coll. 3142) [SMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gobiates sosedkoi by Ročec and Nessov (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Gobiates khermeentsavi Spinar and Tatarinov p. 114
1998Gobiates khermeentsavi Sanchiz
2000Gobiates kermeentsavi Shishkin p. 301
2008Gobiates khermeentsavi Roček

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
familyGobiatidae
genusGobiates
specieskhermeentsavi

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.

†Gobiates khermeentsavi Spinar and Tatarinov 1986
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Roček 2008(1) Sculpture consisting of irregular, sometimes widely spaced pits separated by ridges; (2) quadratojugal long; (3) processus zygomaticus (i.e., anterior process of the lamella alaris) slender and pointed; and (4) processus zygomaticomaxillaris maxillae absent.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Gobiates khermeentsavi (type locality: 11582)