Gobiconodon

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Gobiconodon
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Gobiconodon ostromi skeleton
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Reconstruction
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Gobiconodonta
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
  • G. haizhouensis Kusuhashi et al., 2015[1]
  • G. tomidai Kusuhashi et al., 2015[1]
Synonyms

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
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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