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Priscagama gobiensis

Osteichthyes - Priscagamidae

Taxonomy
Priscagama gobiensis was named by Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody (1984). Its type specimen is ZPAL MgR-III/32, a skull (skull lacking anterior part of snouth, most of brain case, and both supratemporal arches), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khermeen Tsav I, Red Beds [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian eolian sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2007-01-25; modified by R. Benson on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Priscagama gobiensis Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody pp. 55-61 figs. 1-5, pls 14-19
1995Priscagama gobiensis Gao and Hou p. 74
1996Priscagama gobiensis Gao and Hou p. 584
2000Priscagama gobiensis Gao and Norell p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—ChamaeleontiformesConrad 2008
familyPriscagamidae()
genusPriscagama
speciesgobiensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Priscagama gobiensis Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody 1984
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou 1995Distinguished from other agamids including Mimeosaurus by the combination of the following character states: skull lightly built, flattened, with elongate and pointed snouth; dorsal process of maxilla close to midpoint of tooth row, with anterior extension of premaxillary process; lower jaw slender and long, angular process rudimentary and hooked anteriorly
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Priscagama gobiensis (37184)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Nei Mongol) Priscagama gobiensis (116292 118301)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Priscagama gobiensis (type locality: 13777 62913) Priscagama sp. (13776)