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s. Fossils have been found in the Barun Goyot and

Djadokhta Formation The Djadochta formation (sometimes transcribed and also known as Djadokhta, Djadokata, or Dzhadokhtskaya) is a highly fossiliferous geological formation in Central Asia, Gobi Desert, dating from the Late Cretaceous period, about 75 million ...

s of Mongolia, the

Bissekty Formation The Bissekty Formation (sometimes referred to as Bissekt) is a formation (geology), geologic formation and Lagerstätte which outcrop, crops out in the Kyzyl Kum desert of Uzbekistan, and dates to the Late Cretaceous Period (geology), Period. Laid ...

of Uzbekistan and the Paluxy and Twin Mountains Formations of

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in the south-western United States.''Gobiates''
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.org The following species are recognized:

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Early Cretaceous amphibians Late Cretaceous amphibians Aptian life Albian life Cenomanian life Turonian life Coniacian life Santonian life Campanian life Cretaceous amphibians of Asia Fossils of Mongolia Fossils of Uzbekistan Bissekty Formation Cretaceous amphibians of North America Cretaceous United States Fossils of the United States Fossil taxa described in 1986 {{Frog-stub

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