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Gobiatherium

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Gobiatherium Osborn and Granger p. 10
1961Gobiatherium Wheeler p. 56
1985Gobiatherium Schoch and Lucas p. 42
1998Gobiatherium Lucas and Schoch p. 285
2001Gobiatherium Lucas

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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
Uintatheriamorpha
orderDinocerata
familyUintatheriidaeFlower 1876
subfamilyGobiatheriinae(Flerov 1952)
genusGobiatherium

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. †Gobiatherium Osborn and Granger 1932
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Gobiatherium minutum Cheng and Ma 1990
Gobiatherium mirificum Osborn and Granger 1932
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Invalid names: Gobiatherium major Qi 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas 1985Same as that for Gobiatheriinae. [Uintatheriids without up­per canines and with lower canines greatly reduced; P2/ with a prominent cingular cusp on its anterola­ bial corner; skull Iong, thin and shallow with a flat sagittal region; nasals strongly arehed with a bony septum connecting their anterior ends to the pre­ maxillae; zygomatic arehes broad and fiare-out in the region of the glenoid fossae; lower jaw Iong and shallow with a tall ascending rarnus and lacking an inframandibular flange; metaearpals relatively sien­ der and elongate (Node 7).]