taxonID	type	description	language	source
039787E8FFE8B62F72F136F7FBC5F981.taxon	materials_examined	HOLOTYPE: ZPAL­MgR­I / 12, fragmentary and distorted skull and mandible (Elzanowski, 1974); the rostral portion of the snout, the quadrate, and the mandible are the only portions providing reliable information. REFERRED SPECIMENS: ZPAL­MgR­I / 32 (Elzanowski, 1976, 1977), poorly preserved preorbital portions of the skull and mandible, with portions of palatal bones; PIN­ 4492 (Kurochkin, 1996), partial skeleton preserving the rostral portion of the snout and mandible, and the two pterygoids in articulation with the parasphenoid rostrum [this specimen was used as the holotype of Nanantius valifanovi (Kurochkin, 1996); the synonymy of this name and the referral of this specimen is discussed below]; IGM­ 100 / 1011, nearly complete preorbital region of the skull, scleral ossicles, and portions of the mandibular rami.	en	CHIAPPE, LUIS M., NORELL, MARK, CLARK, JAMES (2001): A New Skull of Gobipteryx minuta (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert. American Museum Novitates 3346: 1-16, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)346<0001:ANSOGM>2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282001%29346%3C0001%3AANSOGM%3E2.0.CO%3B2
039787E8FFE8B62F72F136F7FBC5F981.taxon	description	LOCALITY AND HORIZON: The Barun Goyot Formation localities of Khulsan (ZPAL­ MgR­I / 12, ZPAL­MgR­I / 32) and Khermeen Tsav (PIN­ 4492), and the Djadokhta Formation locality of Ukhaa Tolgod (IGM­ 100 / 1011). These localities are within the Nemegt Valley in southern Mongolia; the Barun Goyot and Djadokhta are regarded as Campanian age formations (Jerzykiewicz and Russell, 1991; Gao and Norell, 2000).	en	CHIAPPE, LUIS M., NORELL, MARK, CLARK, JAMES (2001): A New Skull of Gobipteryx minuta (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert. American Museum Novitates 3346: 1-16, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)346<0001:ANSOGM>2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282001%29346%3C0001%3AANSOGM%3E2.0.CO%3B2
039787E8FFE8B62F72F136F7FBC5F981.taxon	diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Toothless enantiornithine bird, with the derived presence of upturned rostrum, premaxilla with a large, horseshoeshaped palatal chamber, a diamond­shaped maxillary facet on its ventrocaudal corner, and longitudinal grooves on each side of the midline of its dorsal surface.	en	CHIAPPE, LUIS M., NORELL, MARK, CLARK, JAMES (2001): A New Skull of Gobipteryx minuta (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert. American Museum Novitates 3346: 1-16, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)346<0001:ANSOGM>2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282001%29346%3C0001%3AANSOGM%3E2.0.CO%3B2
