Gobiates | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | † Gobiatidae |
Genus: | † Gobiates Špinar and Tatarinov, 1986 |
Type species | |
†Gobiates khermeentsavi Špinar and Tatarinov, 1986 |
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