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Protodictyoolithus neixiangensis

Reptilia - Dictyoolithidae

Taxonomy
Dictyoolithus neixiangensis was named by Zhao (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP RV 94002 (field No.79007(, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shibangou, Chimei (IVPP), which is in a Turonian/Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Gaogou Formation of China.

It was recombined as Protodictyoolithus neixiangensis by Wang et al. (2012), Wang et al. (2013) and Zhang et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Dictyoolithus neixiangensis Zhao p. 189
2002Dictyoolithus neixiangensis Zhou and Feng p. 69
2004Dictyoolithus neixiangensis Liu and Zhao p. 170
2009Dictyoolithus neixiangensis Liang et al. p. 1591
2011Dictyoolithus neixiangensis Kim et al. p. 22
2012Protodictyoolithus neixiangensis Wang et al. p. 408
2013Protodictyoolithus neixiangensis Wang et al. p. 50
2017Protodictyoolithus neixiangensis Zhang et al. p. 191

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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()
familyDictyoolithidae
genusProtodictyoolithus
speciesneixiangensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Q. Wang et al. 2013Eggshell composed of two or three superimposed shell units. Shell units fused near the outer surface.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian - Santonian93.5 - 83.6China (Henan) Dictyoolithus neixiangensis (type locality: 65403)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) Dictyoolithus neixiangensis (220090 220097 220098 220099)