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Fusioolithidae

Reptilia - Fusioolithidae

Taxonomy
Fusioolithidae was named by Fernández and Khosla (2015). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Dinosauria by Fernández and Khosla (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Fusioolithidae Fernández and Khosla p. 167

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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
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
familyFusioolithidae
familyFusioolithidae

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. †Fusioolithidae Fernández and Khosla 2015
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G. †Fusioolithus Fernández and Khosla 2015
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Fusioolithus baghensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
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Invalid names: Megaloolithus balasinorensis Mohabey 1998 [synonym], Megaloolithus pseudomamillare Vianey-Liaud et al. 1997 [synonym], Megaloolithus trempii Moratalla 1998 [synonym], Patagoolithus salitralensis Simón 2006 [synonym]
Fusioolithus berthei Fernández and Khosla 2015
Fusioolithus dholiyaensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
Fusioolithus mohabeyi Khosla and Sahni 1995
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Invalid names: Megaloolithus phensaniensis Mohabey 1998 [synonym]
Fusioolithus padiyalensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
Invalid names: Patagoolithus Simón 2006 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. S. Fernández and A. Khosla 2015Dinosauroid-spherulitic basic type, tubospherulitic morphotype, tubocanaliculate pore system (Mikhailov 1997). The ornamentation is compactituberculate. The accretion lines cross the boundary between shell units starting on the one-third of the inner of the eggshell thickness and sometimes continue to the external surface. Eggshell is composed of circular cones without clearly demarcated boundary lines; the shell units are partially fused. The shell units are fan shaped similar to the eggs of oofamily Megaloolithidae but it differ in the nature of the eggshell units in which they are partially fused. We found significant differences with Spheroolithidae too, because this oofamily has a different ornamentation pattern.