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Gobiderma; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Goannasauria (?)
Genus:	†Gobiderma; Borsuk-Białynicka, 1984
Type species
	Gobiderma pulchrum; Borsuk-Białynicka, 1984

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Gobiderma is an extinct genus of Late Cretaceous lizard whose fossils are known from the Gobi Desert in southern Mongolia. It was first discovered as a result of a joint Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, and formally named in 1984. In life, it probably resembled lizards of the genus Heloderma to a large degree, though its skull was more elongated than lizards of that genus.^{[citation needed]}

Sources[edit]

Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard Megalania by Ralph E. Molnar (page 91) ISBN 978-0253343741
In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods by Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues (page 30) ISBN 978-0521458993
The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin (page 381) ISBN 978-0521545822
Cretaceous Environments of Asia (Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy) by N.-J. Mateer (page 59) ISBN 978-0444502766

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+{{Short description|Extinct genus of lizards}}
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+{{Italic title}}
+{{Automatic taxobox
 | name = ''Gobiderma''
 | fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]]
-| regnum = [[Animalia]]
+| taxon = Gobiderma
-| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
+| authority = [[Borsuk-Białynicka]], 1984
+| type_species = '''''Gobiderma pulchrum'''''
-| classis = [[Sauropsida]]
-| superordo = [[Lepidosauria]]
-| ordo = [[Squamata]]
-| subordo = [[Scleroglossa]]
-| infraordo = [[Anguimorpha]]
-| superfamilia = [[Helodermatoidea]]
-| familia =
-| genus = ''Gobiderma''
-| genus_authority = [[Borsuk-Białynicka]], 1984
-| type_species = ''Gobiderma pulchrum''
 | type_species_authority = Borsuk-Białynicka, 1984
 }}
-'''''Gobiderma''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[Late Cretaceous]] [[lizard]] whose [[fossil]]s are known from the [[Gobi Desert]] in southern [[Mongolia]]. It was first discovered as a result of a joint Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, and formally named in 1984. In life, it probably resembled lizards of the genus ''[[Heloderma]]'' to a large degree, though its skull was more elongated than lizards of that genus.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}
+'''''Gobiderma''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[Late Cretaceous]] [[lizard]] whose [[fossil]]s are known from the [[Gobi Desert]] in southern [[Mongolia]]. It was first discovered as a result of a joint Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, and formally named in 1984. In life, it probably resembled lizards of the genus ''[[Heloderma]]'' to a large degree, though its skull was more elongated than [[Lizard|lizards]] of that genus.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}
+{{Portal|Asia|Paleontology}}
 == Sources ==
-* Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard ''Megalania'' by Ralph E. Molnar (page 91) ISBN 978-0253343741
+* Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard ''Megalania'' by Ralph E. Molnar (page 91) {{ISBN|978-0253343741}}
-* In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods by Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues (page 30) ISBN 978-0521458993
+* In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods by [[Nicholas C. Fraser]] and [[Hans-Dieter Sues]] (page 30) {{ISBN|978-0521458993}}
-* The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin (page 381) ISBN 978-0521545822
+* The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin (page 381) {{ISBN|978-0521545822}}
-* Cretaceous Environments of Asia (Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy) by N.-J. Mateer  (page 59) ISBN 978-0444502766
+* Cretaceous Environments of Asia (Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy) by N.-J. Mateer  (page 59) {{ISBN|978-0444502766}}
-{{portal|Paleontology}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q5575502}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Prehistoric reptiles of Asia]]
 [[Category:Cretaceous lizards]]
+[[Category:Late Cretaceous lepidosaurs of Asia]]
+[[Category:Gobi Desert]]
+[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1984]]