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Gobiates furcatus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Gobiatidae

Taxonomy
Gobiates furcatus was named by Ročec and Nessov (1993). Its type specimen is LU-N5/165, a maxilla (posterior part of the left maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CBI-4b, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Gobiates furcatus Ročec and Nessov p. 17
1998Gobiates furcatus Sanchiz
2000Gobiates furcatus Shishkin p. 302
2008Gobiates furcatus 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
speciesfurcatus

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 furcatus Ročec and Nessov 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Roček 2008(1) Lamina horizontalis maxillae thin and narrow; (2) its posterior end bifurcates in two ridges e upper ridge continues posterodorsally, the lower delimits the end of tooth row; (3) tooth row exceeds posteriorly level of the end of lamina horizontalis; and (4) inner surface of margo orbitalis and processus zygomaticomaxillaris wrinkled.
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 Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Gobiates furcatus (type locality: 118246)