Gobiosuchus
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Gobiosuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification ![]() |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
Family: | †Gobiosuchidae |
Genus: | †Gobiosuchus Osmólska, 1972 |
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Gobiosuchus ("Gobi [desert] crocodile") was a gobiosuchid crocodyliform described in 1972 by Polish palaeontologist Halszka Osmólska. It hails from the Late Cretaceous (Early Campanian) of Bayn Dzak (Djadokhta Formation), in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia.
File:Gobiosuchus kielanae.jpg
Skull in multiple views
Its type species is G. kielanae.
Systematics
Gobiosuchus kielanae, along with Zaraasuchus shepardi, belongs to the family Gobiosuchidae.
References
- Pol, D. & Norell, M. A., (2004). "A new gobiosuchid crocodyliform taxon from the Cretaceous of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates 3458: 1-31.
Cretaceous Period | |
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Lower/Early Cretaceous | Upper/Late Cretaceous |
Berriasian | Valanginian | Hauterivian Barremian| Aptian | Albian |
Cenomanian | Turonian | Coniacian Santonian |Campanian | Maastrichtian |
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