Name: Lacertilia, Gilmoreteiidae, Gilmoreteius sp.
Age: Upper Cretaceous (~83 m.y.a.)
Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 78 mm long, 55 mm high, 28 mm wide across back of skull
Location: Bayan Mandahu, Gobi Desert of Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia)
Code: CF002
Price: $395.00 - Sold
 Description:
This is the well-preserved skull of a lizard from the famous Bayan
Mandahu location in the Gobi
which was initially named Macrocephalosaurus by Charles Gilmore in
1943. Gilmore was a member of the famous Central Asiatic Expeditions
to the gobi led by Roy Chapman Andrews in the 1920's. The family was
named the Macrocephalosauridae (large headed), but this name was subsequently
found to be preoccupied. As a consequence, the Family was renamed
Gilmoretiidae, and the genus Gilmoreteius by Langer in 1998 so as
to honor the efforts of Gilmore who carried out an extensive study
of fossil lizards from the Gobi. Specimens such as this are not often
available, and never at such a reasonable price. |
