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Gobiraptor minutus
Taxonomy
Gobiraptor minutus was named by Lee et al. (2019) [LSID for the species: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:53F0E7D7-EB76-4B8F-8801-AED4FE792E8C]. Its type specimen is MPC-D 102/111, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Altan Ula III [KID], which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Gobiraptor.
It was synonymized subjectively with Conchoraptor gracilis by Funston (2020).
It was synonymized subjectively with Conchoraptor gracilis by Funston (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Gobiraptor minutus Lee et al. p. 3 figs. 2-4 |
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†Gobiraptor minutus Lee et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. Lee et al. 2019 | Gobiraptor minutus is an oviraptorid dinosaur diagnosed by the following unique set of characteristics (autapomorphies are marked with an asterisk): a flat articular sur- face for the quadratojugal on the quadrate*; rostrocaudally elongate dentary rostral to the external mandibular fenestra; extremely thickened rostrodorsal end of the mandibular symphysis with a caudal expansion of its dorsal surface*; a rudimentary lingual triturating shelf on each dentary bearing small occlusal foramina*; a weakly developed lingual ridge on each lingual shelf*; absence of any prominent symphyseal ventral process of the dentary; coronoid bone present; the rostral end of the coronoid bone wedging into the ventral surface of the dorsal ramus of the dentary*; cranial trochanter of the femur separated from the greater trochanter with a distinct furrow between them. |
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| Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Averianov and Yarkov 2004 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Gobiraptor minutus (type locality: 199805) |