Gobiosuchus
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| Gobiosuchus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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| Gobiosuchus kielanae Osmólska 1972 |
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.
Its type species is G. kielanae.
[edit] Systematics
Gobiosuchus kielanae, along with Zaraasuchus shepardi, belongs to the family Gobiosuchidae.
[edit] References
- Pol, D. & Norell, M. A., (2004). A new gobiosuchid crocodyliform taxon from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3458: 1-31.
