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'''''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}}
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== Sources ==
* 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


{{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}}
* 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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[[Category:Cretaceous lizards]]
[[Category:Cretaceous lizards]]

Latest revision as of 03:15, 9 March 2024

Gobiderma
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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