Gobiosuchus
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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.
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Gobiosuchus | |
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Specimen encased in armour | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Family: | †Gobiosuchidae |
Genus: | †Gobiosuchus Osmólska, 1972 |
Species: | †G. kielanae |
Binomial name | |
†Gobiosuchus kielanae Osmólska, 1972 | |
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The type species is Gobiosuchus kielanae. Gobiosuchus kielanae, along with Zaraasuchus shepardi, belongs to the family Gobiosuchidae.