although it was not a long-distance runner

Las extremidades inferiores estaban adaptadas para la carrera

such as reptiles and mammals

con mandíbulas excepcionalmente robustas que albergaban grandes dientes cónicos diseñados para ejercer una presión de mordida descomunal

a group of diapsids known for their prehensile tails

Gobiatherium mirificum Cynops although it was not aGobiatherium previously known as Gobiatherium major from some fossils but now considered a synonym of Gobiatherium mirificum according to paleontological databaseswas an extinct dinocerid mammal that lived during the Middle Eocene of Asia (approximately 55 to 38 million years ago) , with specimens well represented in Mongolia and the Gobi Desert region. The genus name literally means " beast of the Gobi ," referring to its primary geographic location