''Gobekko'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...

or gecko-like lizard from the

Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the ...

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

of the

Gobi Desert The Gobi Desert (Chinese: 戈壁 (沙漠), Mongolian: Говь (ᠭᠣᠪᠢ)) () is a large desert or brushland region in East Asia, and is the sixth largest desert in the world. Geography The Gobi measures from southwest to northeast an ...

in Mongolia. ''Gobekko'' is either a basal member of

Gekkota Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...

, the group that includes geckos and the legless pygopodid lizards, or a

stem Stem or STEM may refer to: Plant structures * Plant stem, a plant's aboveground axis, made of vascular tissue, off which leaves and flowers hang * Stipe (botany), a stalk to support some other structure * Stipe (mycology), the stem of a mushro ...

-gekkotan outside Gekkota but within the larger group

Gekkonomorpha Gekkonomorpha is a clade of lizards that includes geckos and their closest relatives. Although it was first named in 1900, Gekkonomorpha was not widely used as a formal taxon until it was given a phylogenetic definition in the 1990s. Under this d ...

. It is the fourth oldest known member of Gekkonomorpha after ''

Hoburogekko ''Hoburogekko'' is an extinct genus of gecko that includes a single species, ''Hoburogekko suchanovi'', from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. It is known from two fossil specimens, one preserving the front part of the skull and the other preserv ...

'', a gecko from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, AMNH FR21444, an unnamed specimen also from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, and ''

Cretaceogekko ''Cretaceogekko'' (meaning “Cretaceous gecko”) is an extinct monotypic genus of gecko (represented by the type species ''Cretaceogekko burmae'') known from a single partial specimen preserved in Burmese amber from the Cenomanian of Myanmar. T ...

'', a gecko preserved in amber from the Early Cretaceous of Burma.

References

Cretaceous lizards Late Cretaceous lepidosaurs of Asia Geckos Djadochta fauna Gobi Desert Fossil taxa described in 1990 {{paleo-lizard-stub