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Gobiatherium minutum

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae

Taxonomy
Gobiatherium minutum was named by Cheng and Ma (1990). Its type specimen is GV85011, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 500 m east of Zhanggou Village, which is in an Eocene terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Yuhuangding Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Gobiatherium minutum Cheng and Ma
2001Gobiatherium minutum Lucas

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Uintatheriamorpha
orderDinocerata
familyUintatheriidaeFlower 1876
subfamilyGobiatheriinae(Flerov 1952)
genusGobiatherium
speciesminutum

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.

Gobiatherium minutum Cheng and Ma 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-08-31 13:51:18
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:51:18
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Lucas and Schoch 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Hubei) Gobiatherium minutum (type locality: 175808)