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Spheroolithidae

Osteichthyes - Spheroolithidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Spheroolithidae Zhao p. 332
1994Spheroolithidae Mikhailov et al. p. 93
1994Spheroolithidae Zhao p. 200
1997Spheroolithidae Mikhailov p. 44
2000Spheroolithidae Mikhailov p. 562

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Clypeodonta
—Iguanodontia()
—Dryomorpha
—Styracosterna
—Hadrosauriformes
—Hadrosauroidea()
familySpheroolithidae
familySpheroolithidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Spheroolithidae Zhao 1979
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G. †Guegoolithus Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014
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†Guegoolithus turolensis Amo Sanjuán et al. 2000
G. †Paraspheroolithus Zhao 1979
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†Paraspheroolithus irenensis Chao and Chiang 1974
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Invalid names: Spheroolithus tenuicorticus Mikhailov 1994 [synonym]
G. †Spheroolithus Zhao 1979
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†Spheroolithus albertensis Zelenitsky and Hills 1997
†Spheroolithus choteauensis Jackson and Varricchio 2010
†Spheroolithus europaeus Sellés et al. 2014
†Spheroolithus jincunensis Fang et al. 2003
†Spheroolithus maiasauroides Mikhailov 1994
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. E. Mikhailov 1997Prolatospherulitic morphotype, prolatocanaliculate pore system; smooth or sculptured eggshell surface with a sagenotuberculate pattern. Medium to large eggs (more than 70 mm in short diameter) irregularly arranged in the nest or in a circle (in a single layer).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 139.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Spain (La Rioja) Guegoolithus turolensis (224944)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Spain (Zaragoza) Spheroolithidae indet. (61330)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Aragón) Macroolithus turolensis (61409) Spheroolithidae indet. 1, Spheroolithidae indet. 2, Macroolithus turolensis (53921)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia (Ovorhangai) Spheroolithidae indet. (52127)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Spheroolithidae indet., Spheroolithus megadermus (153394)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Jilin) Spheroolithidae indet. (72321)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Japan (Hyogo) Spheroolithus sp. (117980)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Dinosauria indet. (22679) Spheroolithus albertensis (239610 239612) Spheroolithus europaeus (14399)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8China (Zhejiang) Spheroolithus jincunensis (204723)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6China (Guangdong) Paraspheroolithus sp. (188428 204733)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Ovorhangai) Dinosauria indet. (13350)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Jiangxi) Oolithes spheroides (71869)
Early/Lower Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6China (Henan) Paraspheroolithus sp., Spheroolithus sp. (65403)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Campanian93.9 - 72.2China (Henan) Paraspheroolithus sp. (55688)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6China (Shandong) Oolithes chiangchiungtingensis, Oolithes spheroides (79742)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6China (Henan) Paraspheroolithus sp. (97943)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Ömnögovi Aimag) Spheroolithidae indet. (130798)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Spheroolithidae indet. (59360)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Shandong) Oolithes irenensis (80118) Oolithes irenensis, Oolithes spheroides (71903) Oolithes spheroides (80113 80115)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Hadrosauridae indet. (94368) Spheroolithus choteauensis (102177 102178 102179)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila) Spheroolithus sp. (59114)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Spheroolithus albertensis (22698 47816 52991 52992)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Spheroolithidae indet. (53229)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Spheroolithus albertensis (13282)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Baja California) Spheroolithus sp. (197024 237072 237073)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omngov) Spheroolithidae indet. (100261)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Spheroolithus maiasauroides (14453)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Spheroolithus albertensis (45240)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Nei Mongol) Dinosauria indet. (48934) Paraspheroolithes irenensis (49365)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Paraspheroolithus irenensis (100265) Spheroolithidae indet. (28243 65334)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Dornogov) Spheroolithidae indet. (65327 65338)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Spheroolithidae indet. (52910)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Spheroolithus europaeus (117933)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation (Chukot) Spheroolithidae indet. (86529)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) Spheroolithus europaeus (45437)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Utah) Spheroolithus sp., Spheroolithus indet. (45721)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Spheroolithus sp. (219353 219355)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Oolithes spheroides (71865)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Dinosauria indet. (165580) Spheroolithidae indet. (55257 108344 127681 168111) Spheroolithus maiasauroides (127674) Spheroolithus sp. (65335)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Kazakhstan (Aqmola) Spheroolithidae indet. (13349)