Gobiconodon

Gobiconodon Temporal range: Middle Jurassic-Late Cretaceous 166–94 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Gobiconodon ostromi skeleton
Reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Gobiconodonta
Family:	†Gobiconodontidae
Genus:	†Gobiconodon Trofimov, 1978
Species
G. bathoniensis Sigogneau-Russell, 2016 G. borissiaki Trofimov, 1978 (type) G. hoburensis (Trofimov, 1978) Kielan- Jaworowska & Dashzeveg, 1998 G. hopsoni Rougier et al., 2001 G. luoianus Yuan et al., 2009 G. ostromi Jenkins Jr. & Schaff, 1988 G. palaios Sigogneau-Russell, 2003 G. zofiae Li et al., 2003 G. haizhouensis Kusuhashi et al., 2015 G. tomidai Kusuhashi et al., 2015
Synonyms
Guchinodon hoburensis Trofimov, 1978 Neoconodon borissiaki (nomen nudum)

Guchinodon hoburensis Trofimov, 1978 Neoconodon borissiaki (nomen nudum)

Gobiconodon is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal from the early Cretaceous. It weighed 10–12 pounds (4.5–5.4 kg) and measured 18–20 inches (460–510 mm). It was one of the largest mammals known from the Mesozoic. Like other gobiconodontids, it possesses several speciations towards carnivory, such as shearing molar teeth, large canine-like incisors and powerful jaw and forelimb musculature, indicating that it probably fed on vertebrate prey; rather uniquely among predatory mammals and other eutriconodonts, the lower canines were vestigial, with the first lower incisor pair having become massive and canine-like. Like the larger Repenomamus there might be some evidence of scavenging.