Gobiconodon
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Gobiconodon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Gobiconodon ostromi skeleton | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Gobiconodonta |
Family: | †Gobiconodontidae |
Genus: | †Gobiconodon Trofimov, 1978 |
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Guchinodon hoburensis Trofimov, 1978 Neoconodon borissiaki (nomen nudum) |
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Gobiconodon is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal from the early Cretaceous. It weighed 10–12 pounds (4.5–5.4 kg) and measured 18–20 inches (460–510 mm), and might have resembled a large and robust opossum.[2][which?] It was one of the largest mammals known from the Mesozoic.
Species
Species | Material | Age | Location | Unit | Notes |
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G. borissiaki [3] | 10 upper and lower jaws[3] & 3 upper and lower jaws.[4] Holotype: PIN 3101/09 | Aptian - Albian | Mongolia | Khoboor Beds | Neoconodon is a synonym. |
1 fragmentary lower jaw[5] | Neocomian - Albian | Russia | Siberia | ||
G. hoburensis [3] | 21 upper and lower jaws. Holotype: PIN 3101/24 | Aptian - Albian | Mongolia Russia | Khoboor Beds; Siberia | Guchinodon hoburensis is a synonym.[4] The smallest Gobiconodon. |
G. hopsoni [6] | 2 upper and lower jaws (PSS-MAE 140 (Holotype) & PSS-MAE 139) | ?Vanginian - Neocomian | Mongolia | Oshih Formation | The largest Gobiconodon. |
G. palaios [7] | ?Berriasian | Morocco | Anoual | ||
Gobiconodon sp.[6] | 2 fragmentary lower jaws | ?Vanginian - Neocomian | Mongolia | Oshih Formation | |
G. sp. A[8] | Lower Cretaceous | Russia | Ilek Formation | ||
G. sp. B[8] | Lower Cretaceous | Russia | Ilek Formation | ||
G. luoianus [9] | Nearly complete skull (41H III-0320 (Holotype)) | Aptian | China | Yixian Formation | |
G. ostromi [10] | 2 incomplete skeletons (MCZ 19965 (Holotype) & MCZ 19860) | Aptian - Albian | USA | Cloverly Formation | |
G. zofiae [11] | Partial skull and lower jaws (IVPP V12585 (Holotype)) | Hauterivian | China | Yixian Formation |
References
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