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Gobiatherium mirificum

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae

Taxonomy
Gobiatherium mirificum was named by Osborn and Granger (1932). Its type specimen is A. M. 26624, a skull (a complete and nearly perfect skull), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is 7 Miles West of Camp Margetts (1930 AMNH Gobiatherium type locality), which is in an Arshantan terrestrial claystone in the Arshanto Formation of China. It is the type species of Gobiatherium.

Synonyms
  • Gobiatherium major was named by Qi (1987). Its type specimen is IVPP V 5712, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ulan Bulak, which is in an Eocene fluvial siliciclastic in China.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Gobiatherium mirificum by Lucas (2001).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Gobiatherium mirificum Osborn and Granger p. 10
1961Gobiatherium mirificum Wheeler pp. 56 - 57
1987Gobiatherium major Qi
2001Gobiatherium mirificum 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
speciesmirificum

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 mirificum Osborn and Granger 1932
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Invalid names: Gobiatherium major Qi 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available