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Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis

Reptilia - Faveoloolithidae

Taxonomy
Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis was named by Zhao and Ding (1976). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP V4709, an egg (nest with 11 eggs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chahanaobao, Bayinwula, which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial conglomerate in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Zhao and Ding p. 42 figs. Pl. 1:1-3
1991Faveoloolithus ningxianensis Mikhailov p. 232
1994Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Mikhailov et al. p. 91
2000Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Mikhailov p. 565
2000Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Shuvalov p. 264
2002Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Cousin p. 46
2006Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Simón p. 518
2010Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Zhang p. 215
2013Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Fernández p. 94
2013Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Zou et al. p. 105

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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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
familyFaveoloolithidae
genusFaveoloolithus
speciesningxiaensis

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.

†Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Zhao and Ding 1976
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S.-K. Zhang 2010Eggs spheroidal, arranged irregularly in nest. Eggshell composed of 2 -3 superimposed shell units. Shell useparated near inner surface of eggshell.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Nei Mongol) Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis (type locality: 98236)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Faveoloolithidae indet. (28243)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Dornogov) Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis (65327)