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Continuoolithus canadensis

Reptilia - Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Continuoolithus canadensis was named by Zelenitsky et al. (1996). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is RTMP 94.157.61, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Little Diablo's Hill, Devil's Coulee, which is in a Campanian terrestrial mudstone in the Oldman Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Continuoolithus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Continuoolithus canadensis Zelenitsky et al. p. 1660–1662 figs. 3G-H, 4A-D
2000Continuoolithus canadensis Zelenitsky p. 25
2002Continuoolithus canadensis Varricchio et al. p. 565
2005Continuoolithus canadensis Zelenitsky and Sloboda p. 400
2010Continuoolithus canadensis Jackson and Varricchio p. 1150
2011Continuoolithus canadensis Tanaka et al. p. 45
2012Continuoolithus canadensis Agnolin et al. p. 53
2014Continuoolithus canadensis Sellés et al. p. 49
2015Continuoolithus canadensis Currie and Koppelhus p. 626
2016Continuoolithus canadensis Fernández p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
familyElongatoolithidae
genusContinuoolithus
speciescanadensis

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.

†Continuoolithus canadensis Zelenitsky et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. K. Zelenitsky et al. 1996Eggshell thickness 0.94-1.24 mm; cl:ml thickness ratio of 4:1-5:1; ornamentation dispersituberculate; and pore system angusticanaliculate.
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Continuoolithus canadensis (94368 102180 102182)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Continuoolithus canadensis (22698 47793 47812 52992 type locality: 53049 53050 62321 62322) Dinosauria indet. (47816)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Continuoolithus canadensis (45240)