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Gobiconodon borissiaki

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Gobiconodontidae

Taxonomy
Gobiconodon borissiaki was named by Trofimov (1978). Its type specimen is PIN No. 3101/09, a mandible (partial right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khovboor (PIN coll. 3101) [SMPE], which is in an Aptian/Albian lacustrine sandstone/claystone in the Dzunbain Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Gobiconodon borissiaki Trofimov
1988Gobiconodon borissiaki Jenkins, Jr. and Schaff p. 3
1998Gobiconodon borissiaki Kielan-Jaworowska and Dashzeveg p. 417
1998Gobiconodon borissiaki Maschenko and Lopatin p. 234
2004Gobiconodon borissiaki Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 241-243
2016Gobiconodon borissiaki Kusuhashi et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyGobiconodontidae
genusGobiconodonTrofimov 1978
speciesborissiakiTrofimov 1978

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.

†Gobiconodon borissiaki Trofimov 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Gobiconodon borissiaki (52808)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Gobiconodon borissiaki (39680)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mongolia (Övörkhangai Aymag) Triconodonta indet. (type locality: 77191)