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Gobiopithecus khan

Mammalia - Pantolestidae

Taxonomy
Gobiopithecus khan was named by Dashzeveg and Russell (1992). Its type specimen is PSS 27-125, a mandible (Right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khoer Dzan [SMPE], which is in an Eocene terrestrial gravel in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Gobiopithecus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Gobiopithecus khan Dashzeveg and Russell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyPantolestoidae(Cope 1887)
familyPantolestidaeCope 1884
subfamilyDyspterninaeKretzoi 1943
genusGobiopithecus
specieskhan

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.

†Gobiopithecus khan Dashzeveg and Russell 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: durophagef
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:16:47
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:16:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Gobiopithecus khan (type locality: 174715)