Gobiconodon

Gobiconodon Temporal range: Cretaceous

Gobiconodon ostromi skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eutriconodonta
Family:	Gobiconodontidae
Genus:	Gobiconodon Trofimov, 1978
Species
G. borissiaki Trofimov, 1978 (type) G. hoburensis (Trofimov, 1978) Kielan- Jaworowska & Dashzeveg, 1998 G. hopsoni Rougier et al., 2001 G. luoianus Yuan et al., 2009 G. ostromi Jenkins Jr. & Schaff, 1988 G. palaios Sigogneau-Russell, 2003 G. zofiae Li et al., 2003
Synonyms
Guchinodon hoburensis Trofimov, 1978 Neoconodon borissiaki (nomen nudum)

Gobiconodon is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal. It weighed 10–12 pounds and measured 18-20 inches, and might have resembled a large and robust opossum.^[1]

Species

Species	Material	Age	Location	Unit	Notes
G. borissiaki ^[2]	10 upper and lower jaws^[2] & 3 upper and lower jaws.^[3] Holotype: PIN 3101/09	Aptian - Albian	Mongolia	Khoboor Beds	Neoconodon is a synonym.
G. borissiaki ^[2]	1 fragmentary lower jaw^[4]	Neocomian - Albian	Russia	Siberia
G. hoburensis ^[2]	21 upper and lower jaws. Holotype: PIN 3101/24	Aptian - Albian	Mongolia Russia	Khoboor Beds Siberia	Guchinodon hoburensis is a synonym.^[3] The smallest Gobiconodon.
G. hopsoni ^[5]	2 upper and lower jaws (PSS-MAE 140 (Holotype) & PSS-MAE 139)	?Vanginian - Neocomian	Mongolia	Oshih Formation	The largest Gobiconodon.
G. palaios ^[6]		?Berriasian	Morocco	Anoual
Gobiconodon sp.^[5]	2 fragmentary lower jaws	?Vanginian - Neocomian	Mongolia	Oshih Formation
G. sp. A^[7]		Lower Cretaceous	Russia	Ilek Formation
G. sp. B^[7]		Lower Cretaceous	Russia	Ilek Formation
G. luoianus ^[8]	nearly complete skull (41H III-0320 (Holotype))	Aptian	China	Yixian Formation
G. ostromi ^[9]	2 incomplete skeletons (MCZ 19965 (Holotype) & MCZ 19860)	Aptian - Albian	USA	Cloverly Formation
G. zofiae ^[10]	partial skull and lower jaws (IVPP V12585 (Holotype))	Hauterivian	China	Yixian Formation

External links

http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/gobiconodontidae.htm

References

^ The Age of Dinosaurs Lives On
^ ^a ^b ^c Trofimov, B. A. (1978). "The first triconodonts (Mammalia, Triconodonta) from Mongolia". Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 243 (1): 213–216.
^ ^a ^b Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., Dashzeveg, D. (1998). "Early Cretaceous amphilestid ("triconodont") mammals from Mongolia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 43 (3): 413–438. http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app43/app43-413.pdf.
^ Maschenko, E. N., Lopatin, A. V. (1998). "First record of an Early Cretaceous triconodont mammal in Siberia". Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. 68: 233–236.
^ ^a ^b Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Wible (2001). "Gobiconodonts from the Early Cretaceous of Oshih (Ashile), Mongolia". American Museum Novitates 3348: 1–30. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)348<0001:GFTECO>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/2901/1/N3348.pdf.
^ Sigogneau-Russell Denise (2003). "Diversity of triconodont mammals from the early Cretaceous of north Africa: Affinities of the amphilestids". Palaeovertebrata 32 (1): 27–55. http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15795185.
^ ^a ^b Alexander O. Averianov, Pavel P. Skutschas, Alexey V. Lopatin, Sergei V. Leshchinskiy, Anton S. Rezvyi and Alexey V. Fayngerts (2005). "Diversity Early Cretaceous mammals from Bol'shoi Kemchug 3 locality in West Siberia, Russia". Russian Journal of Theriology 4 (1): 1–12. http://zmmu.msu.ru/rjt/articles/ther4_1%2001_12%20Averianov.pdf.
^ Yuan Chongxi, Xu Li, Zhang Xingliao, Xi Yunhong, Wu Yanhua and Ji Qiang (2009). "A New Species of Gobiconodon (Mammalia) from Western Liaoning, China and its Implication for the Dental Formula of Gobiconodon". Acta Geologica Sinica 83 (2): 207–211. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2009.00035.x.
^ F. A. Jenkins, C. R. Schaff. (1988). "The Early Cretaceous mammal Gobiconodon (Mammalia, Triconodonta) from the Cloverly Formation in Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011681. JSTOR 4523172.
^ Li Chuankui, Wang Yuanqing, Hu Yaoming and Meng Jin (2003). "A new species of Gobiconodon(Triconodonta, Mammalia)and its implication for theage of Jehol Biota". Chinese Science Bulletin 48 (11): 1129–1134. doi:10.1360/02wd0134. http://www.scichina.com:8080/kxtbe/fileup/PDF/03ky1129.pdf.