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Gobinatus

Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

Taxonomy

Gobinatus was named by Alifanov (1993). Its type is Gobinatus arenosus.

It was assigned to Mongolochamopini by Alifanov (1993); to Mongolochamopidae by Alifanov (2000) and Alifanov (2000); to Polyglyphanodontinae by Gao and Norell (2000); and to Polyglyphanodontidae by Xu et al. (2014).

Species

G. arenosus (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1993	Gobinatus Alifanov pp. 74, 79-81
2000	Gobinatus Alifanov
2000	Gobinatus Gao and Norell p. 55
2014	Gobinatus Xu et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
—	Scincomorpha	()
—	Polyglyphanodontia	Alifanov 2000
family	Polyglyphanodontidae	Gilmore 1942
genus	Gobinatus

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.

G. †Gobinatus Alifanov 1993

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†Gobinatus arenosus Alifanov 1993

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
V. R. Alifanov 1993	Skull narrow. Pterygoids considerably below dentary margin of maxillae. Dorsal process of maxilla high. long posterior process of parietal bone curving downward considerably. notch for trifacial nerve closed. Teeth without wider bases. largest of them in middle part of tooth row. Shoulders of teeth very weakly manifested. Cusps of teeth in second half of row turned inward at small angle to axis of jaw. number of teeth on lower jaws 24, on upper 20.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2017-04-17 15:15:35

Modified:

2017-04-17 15:15:35

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak)	G. arenosus (37184)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Mongolia (Omnogov)	G. arenosus (11582 62913)