Gobiops fossil map
Where fossils of Gobiops have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 160 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 160 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early tetrapods & amphibians |
|---|---|
| Lived | 168.2–143.1 million years ago (Bathonian to Tithonian) |
| Periods | Jurassic |
| Family | Brachyopidae |
| Named by | Shishkin 1991 |
| Fossil records | 4 occurrences at 3 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | China, Russia, Mongolia |
| Rock formations | Toutunhe, Moskovoretskaya, Lianmuqin, Shar Teg |
About Gobiops
Gobiops is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Jurassic of Mongolia, China, and possibly Kyrgyzstan. The genus is represented by a single species, Gobiops desertus. It was named in 1991 from the Late Jurassic Shar Teeg Beds of Mongolia. Additional material was described in 2005 from the Middle Jurassic Toutunhe Formation in the Junggar Basin of China. Gobiops belongs to the family Brachyopidae. The poorly known genus Ferganobatrachus, named in 1990 from Shar Teeg, is probably synonymous with Gobiops.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gobiops (revision 1282366591), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q5575532.
