Gobiconodon
Gobiconodon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Gobiconodon ostromi skeleton | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Gobiconodonta |
Family: | †Gobiconodontidae |
Genus: | †Gobiconodon Trofimov, 1978 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Guchinodon hoburensis Trofimov, 1978 Neoconodon borissiaki (nomen nudum) |
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] 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
- 1 2 Nao Kusuhashi, Yuan-Qing Wang, Chuan-Kui Li and Xun Jin (2015). "Two new species of Gobiconodon (Mammalia, Eutriconodonta, Gobiconodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin formations, northeastern China". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 28 (1–2): 14–26. doi:10.1080/08912963.2014.977881.
- ↑ The Age of Dinosaurs Lives On
- 1 2 3 Trofimov, B. A. (1978). "The first triconodonts (Mammalia, Triconodonta) from Mongolia". Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 243 (1): 213–216.
- 1 2 Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., Dashzeveg, D. (1998). "Early Cretaceous amphilestid ("triconodont") mammals from Mongolia" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 43 (3): 413–438.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Wible (2001). "Gobiconodonts from the Early Cretaceous of Oshih (Ashile), Mongolia" (PDF). American Museum Novitates 3348: 1–30. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)348<0001:GFTECO>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082.
- ↑ Sigogneau-Russell Denise (2003). "Diversity of triconodont mammals from the early Cretaceous of north Africa: Affinities of the amphilestids". Palaeovertebrata 32 (1): 27–55.
- 1 2 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" (PDF). Russian Journal of Theriology 4 (1): 1–12.
- ↑ 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" (PDF). Chinese Science Bulletin 48 (11): 1129–1134. doi:10.1360/02wd0134.
External links
- "Mesosoic Mammals; Gobiconodontidae, an internet directory". Karin and Trevor Dykes. Retrieved February 2012.
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