TY - JOUR

T1 - Gobiconodon (Mammalia) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia and Revision of Gobiconodontidae

AU - Lopatin, A.

AU - Averianov, A.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - There are two species of Gobiconodon in the Early Cretaceous Khoboor locality of Mongolia: G. borissiaki Trofimov, 1978, and G. hoburensis (Trofimov, 1978). The smaller G. hoburensis has i2 half the size of i1, double-rooted dp2, and two generations of molariforms (m1-5 and m1r-4r). In the larger G. borissiaki, i2 is about ¾ size of i1, dp2 is singlerooted, and there are three generations of molariforms (m1-5, m1r-5r, m1rr-2rr). In larger G. ostromi Jenkins and Schaff, 1988, there are three molariforms of the third generation (m1rr-3rr). The anterior lower dentition of Gobiconodon is interpreted as i1-3, c, and dp1-2. The replacement of dp1 by p1 is known only in G. hoburensis. The dp2 is not replaced and may be lost in some specimens (G. hoburensis, G. ostromi) with its alveolus plugged by bone. Gobiconodon includes five valid species: G. borissiaki, G. hoburensis, G. ostromi, G. hopsoni Rougier et al., 2001, and G. zofiae Li et al., 2001 (=G. luoianus Yuan et al., 2009, syn. nov.). The holotype upper maxill

AB - There are two species of Gobiconodon in the Early Cretaceous Khoboor locality of Mongolia: G. borissiaki Trofimov, 1978, and G. hoburensis (Trofimov, 1978). The smaller G. hoburensis has i2 half the size of i1, double-rooted dp2, and two generations of molariforms (m1-5 and m1r-4r). In the larger G. borissiaki, i2 is about ¾ size of i1, dp2 is singlerooted, and there are three generations of molariforms (m1-5, m1r-5r, m1rr-2rr). In larger G. ostromi Jenkins and Schaff, 1988, there are three molariforms of the third generation (m1rr-3rr). The anterior lower dentition of Gobiconodon is interpreted as i1-3, c, and dp1-2. The replacement of dp1 by p1 is known only in G. hoburensis. The dp2 is not replaced and may be lost in some specimens (G. hoburensis, G. ostromi) with its alveolus plugged by bone. Gobiconodon includes five valid species: G. borissiaki, G. hoburensis, G. ostromi, G. hopsoni Rougier et al., 2001, and G. zofiae Li et al., 2001 (=G. luoianus Yuan et al., 2009, syn. nov.). The holotype upper maxill

KW - Mammalia . Trechnotheria . Gobiconodon . Mongolia . Early Cretaceous

U2 - 10.1007/s10914-014-9267-4

DO - 10.1007/s10914-014-9267-4

M3 - Article

VL - 22

SP - 17

EP - 43

JO - Journal of Mammalian Evolution

JF - Journal of Mammalian Evolution

SN - 1064-7554

IS - 1

ER -