Gobiosuchidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Informal group: | †Protosuchia |
Family: |
†Gobiosuchidae Osmólska, 1972 |
Gobiosuchidae is a family of Late Cretaceous crocodyliforms that lived in what is now the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
The two genera currently classified within Gobiosuchidae are Gobiosuchus and Zaraasuchus.
According to Pol & Norell (2004), gobiosuchids form a clade united by the following synapomorphies: