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Spheroolithidae
Taxonomy
Spheroolithidae was named by Zhao (1979). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Ornithopoda by Mikhailov et al. (1994); to Dinosauria by Zhao (1994); and to Hadrosauroidea by Mikhailov (2000).
It was assigned to Ornithopoda by Mikhailov et al. (1994); to Dinosauria by Zhao (1994); and to Hadrosauroidea by Mikhailov (2000).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Spheroolithidae Zhao p. 332 |
| 1994 | Spheroolithidae Mikhailov et al. p. 93 |
| 1994 | Spheroolithidae Zhao p. 200 |
| 2000 | Spheroolithidae Mikhailov p. 562 |
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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. †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 irenensis Chao and Chiang 1974
†Spheroolithus jincunensis Fang et al. 2003
†Spheroolithus maiasauroides Mikhaillov 1994
†Spheroolithus quantouensis Zhang 2022
†Spheroolithus spheroides Young 1954
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Invalid names: Oolithes chiangchiungtingensis Young 1954 [synonym]
†Spheroolithus tenuicorticus Mikhaillov 1994
Invalid names: Paraspheroolithus Zhao 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 145.00000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (56 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Berriasian | Spain (La Rioja) | Guegoolithus turolensis (224944) | |
| Valanginian - Hauterivian | Spain (Zaragoza) | Spheroolithidae indet. (61330) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Macroolithus turolensis (61409) Spheroolithidae indet. 1, Spheroolithidae indet. 2, Macroolithus turolensis (53921) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia (Ovorhangai) | Spheroolithidae indet. (52127) | |
| Aptian - Albian | China (Jilin) | Spheroolithidae indet. (72321) | |
| Aptian - Albian | China (Liaoning) | Spheroolithidae indet., Spheroolithus megadermus (153394) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Japan (Hyogo) | Spheroolithus sp. (117980) | |
| Cenomanian - Santonian | China (Guangdong) | Paraspheroolithus sp. (188428 204733) | |
| Cenomanian - Santonian | Mongolia (Ovorhangai) | Dinosauria indet. (13350) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | China (Jiangxi) | Oolithes spheroides (71869) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | Dinosauria indet. (22679) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian | China (Zhejiang) | Spheroolithus jincunensis (204723) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian - Santonian | China (Henan) | Paraspheroolithus sp., Spheroolithus sp. (65403) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Campanian | China (Henan) | Paraspheroolithus sp. (55688) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | China (Shandong) | Oolithes chiangchiungtingensis, Oolithes spheroides (79742) | |
| Middle Santonian | China (Henan) | Paraspheroolithus sp. (97943) | |
| Campanian | China (Shandong) | Oolithes irenensis (80118) Oolithes irenensis, Oolithes spheroides (71903) Oolithes spheroides (80113 80115) | |
| Campanian | USA (Montana) | Spheroolithus albertensis (13282) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Montana) | Hadrosauridae indet. (94368) Spheroolithus choteauensis (102177 102178 102179) | |
| Judithian | USA (Montana) | Spheroolithus maiasauroides (14453) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Spheroolithus albertensis (22698 47816 52991 52992) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Spheroolithus sp. (59114) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Spheroolithidae indet. (53229) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Spheroolithus albertensis (45240) | |
| Middle Campanian | Mongolia (Omngov) | Spheroolithidae indet. (100261) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | China (Nei Mongol) | Dinosauria indet. (48934) Paraspheroolithes irenensis (49365) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Dornogov) | Spheroolithidae indet. (65327 65338) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Spheroolithidae indet. (28243 65334) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Spheroolithidae indet. (52910) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Spheroolithus sp. (219353 219355) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Dinosauria indet. (165580) Spheroolithidae indet. (55257 108344 127681) Spheroolithus sp. (65335) | |
| Maastrichtian | China (Guangdong) | Oolithes spheroides (71865) | |
| Maastrichtian | Kazakhstan (Aqmola) | Spheroolithidae indet. (13349) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Spheroolithus europaeus (117933) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Russian Federation (Chukot) | Spheroolithidae indet. (86529) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Utah) | Spheroolithus sp., Spheroolithus indet. (45721) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Aragón) | Spheroolithus europaeus (45437) |