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Oolithes

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Oolithes was named by Buckman (1859). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Reptilia by Buckman (1859).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Oolithes Buckman pp. 109-110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
genusOolithes

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.

G. †Oolithes Buckman 1859
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Oolithes bathonicae Buckman 1859
Oolithes obtusatus Carruthers 1871
Oolithes sphaericus Carruthers 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Bathonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 167.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) O. bathonicae (74641)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) O. sphaericus (59357)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) O. obtusatus (52576)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Jiangxi) O. nanhsiungensis (71870)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0China (Guangdong) O. nanhsiungensis (71863 71864)