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Gobisaurus Gobisaurus domoculus Vickaryous et al. 2001
/ɡˌɑːbɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Nei Mongol
Formation
Miaogou
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Gobisaurus domoculus is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Nei Mongol, China. It was named by Vickaryous et al. 2001. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Gobisaurus domoculus sits in deep time
Gobisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gobisaurus domoculus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.