Gobipteryx minuta

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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.