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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.{{ |
'''''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}} |
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| Gobiderma Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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| Genus: | Gobiderma Borsuk-Białynicka, 1984
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| 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
- 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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