†family Prismatoolithidae Hirsch 1994 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Prismatoolithidae

Full reference: K. F. Hirsch. 1994. Upper Jurassic eggshells from the Western Interior of North America. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 137-150

Parent taxon: Ornithischia according to K. E. Mikhailov 1997

Sister taxa: Alocodon, Amtosaurus, Apulosauripus, Archaeocursor, Armatosauria, Asilisaurus, Cairanoolithidae, Chilesaurus, Delatorrichnopodidae, Enoplosauria, Fabrosauridae, Fabrosaurus, Ferganocephale, Genasauria, Gregaripus, Gyrotrisauropus, Heterodontosauridae, Heterodontosauriformes, Komlosaurus, Krzyzanowskisaurus, Laquintasaura, Lesothosauria, Lesothosaurus, Lewisuchus, Ligabueichnium, Minisauripus, Neornithischia, Pisanosaurus, Predentata, Soumyasaurus, Sulcimentisauria, Tacuarembovum, Trimucrodon, Poposauria, Stegosauroidae

Subtaxa: Laiyangoolithus Preprismatoolithus Prismatoolithus Protoceratopsidovum Sankofa Spheruprismatoolithus Trigonoolithus

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Type: Prismatoolithus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections), Canada (8: Alberta), China (10), France (11), Japan (2), Mexico (2), Mongolia (16), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (23), United States (10: Montana, New Mexico, Utah)

• Jurassic of United States (7: Colorado, Utah)

Total: 94 collections including 101 occurrences

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