Gobiops is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Jurassic of Mongolia, China, and possibly Kyrgyzstan. The genus is represented by a single species, Gobiops desertus. It was named in 1991 from the Late Jurassic Shar Teeg Beds of Mongolia. Additional material was described in 2005 from the Middle Jurassic Toutunhe Formation in the Junggar Basin of China.[1] Gobiops belongs to the family Brachyopidae.[2] The poorly known genus Ferganobatrachus, named in 1990 from Shar Teeg, is probably synonymous with Gobiops.[3]

Gobiops
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Upper Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Brachyopidae
Genus: Gobiops
Shishkin, 1991
Type species
Gobiops desertus
Shishkin, 1991
Synonyms
  • Ferganobatrachus riabinini Nesov, 1990

References

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  1. ^ Maisch, Michael; Matzke, Andreas (2005). "Temnospondyl amphibians from the Jurassic of the Southern Junggar Basin (NW China)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 79 (2). Springer-Verlag: 285–301. doi:10.1007/BF02990189. ISSN 0031-0220.
  2. ^ Warren, A.; Marsicano, C. (2000). "A phylogeny of the Brachyopoidea (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 462. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0462:APOTBT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:11336/93649.
  3. ^ Shishkin, M.A. (2000). "Mesozoic amphibians from Mongolia and the Central Asiatic republics". In Benton, M.J.; Shishkin, M.A.; Unwin, D.M.; Kurochkin E.N. (eds.). The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 297–308. ISBN 9780521545822.