| Hoburogekko Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Genus: | †Hoburogekko Alifanov, 1989 |
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| †Hoburogekko suchanovi Alifanov, 1989
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Hoburogekko is an extinct genus of stem-group gecko that includes a single species, Hoburogekko suchanovi, from the Early Cretaceous Dzunbain Formation of Mongolia.[1][2] It is known from two fossil specimens, one preserving the front part of the skull and the other preserving part of the lower jaw. Hoburogekko is one of four known Mesozoic geckos or gecko-like lizards, the others being Cretaceogekko from the Early Cretaceous of Burma, AMNH FR21444, an undescribed specimen from a slightly older deposit in Mongolia, and Gobekko from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Hoburogekko is the third oldest known gecko behind AMNH FR21444 and Cretaceogekko.[3]
- ^ Alifanov, V.R. (1989) The oldest gecko (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1989:124–126. [in Russian].
- ^ Villa, Andrea; Wings, Oliver; Rabi, Márton (2022). Angielczyk, Kenneth (ed.). "A new gecko (Squamata, Gekkota) from the Eocene of Geiseltal (Germany) implies long-term persistence of European Sphaerodactylidae" (PDF). Papers in Palaeontology. 8 (3). Bibcode:2022PPal....8E1434V. doi:10.1002/spp2.1434. ISSN 2056-2799. S2CID 249358350.
- ^ Daza, J. D.; Alifanov, V. R.; Bauer, A. M. (2012). "A redescription and phylogenetic reinterpretation of the fossil lizard Hoburogekko suchanovi Alifanov, 1989 (Squamata, Gekkota), from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (6): 1303. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.702706. S2CID 84817594.