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Gobiconodon haizhouensis

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Gobiconodontidae

Taxonomy
Gobiconodon haizhouensis was named by Kusuhashi et al. (2016). Its type specimen is IVPP V14509, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fuxin city area, which is in an Aptian/Albian alluvial fan coal in the Fuxin Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Gobiconodon haizhouensis Kusuhashi et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyGobiconodontidae
genusGobiconodonTrofimov 1978
specieshaizhouensis

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.

†Gobiconodon haizhouensis Kusuhashi et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. Kusuhashi et al. 2016A small species of Gobiconodon bearing the following unique combination of characters: lower dental formula 2.1.3.5; an enlarged i1 about two times taller than the i2; p2 as tall as but mesiodistally longer than p1 at the base of the crown; a small, double-rooted and ‘molariform’ p3; m1–m3 with a well-developed and almost continuous lingual cingulid; and molariform crowns that are slightly taller than the mesiodistal length.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Piacenzian or 125.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Gobiconodon haizhouensis (type locality: 123517)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium (Antwerpen) Trichechodon koninckii (66958)