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Gobekko cretacicus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Gobekko cretacicus was named by Borsuk-Bialynicka (1990). Its type specimen is ZPAL MgR-II/4, a skull (skull with mandibles), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bayn Dzak [PMPE], which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Gobekko.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Gobekko cretacicus Borsuk-Bialynicka pp. 69-72 figs. figs 1-3, pls 17-18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderGekkonomorpha
infraorderGekkotaCuvier 1817
superfamilyGekkonoidea
genusGobekko
speciescretacicus

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.

†Gobekko cretacicus Borsuk-Bialynicka 1990
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Borsuk-Bialynicka 1990Skull length about 15 mm. number of tooth positions approximately 10 in premaxilla and 27 in maxilla