Gobiderma
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.
| Gobiderma Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific 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 | |
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