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Gobiosuchus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
†Gobiosuchidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
Reptilia

Scientific name
  
Gobiosuchus kielanae

Rank
  
Genus

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Gobiosuchus ("Gobi [desert] crocodile") was a gobiosuchid crocodyliform described in 1972 by Polish palaeontologist Halszka Osmólska. It hails from the Late Cretaceous (Early Campanian) of Bayn Dzak (Djadokhta Formation), in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia.

Its type species is G. kielanae.

Systematics

Gobiosuchus kielanae, along with Zaraasuchus shepardi, belongs to the family Gobiosuchidae.

References

Gobiosuchus Wikipedia