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Megaloolithus petralta

Osteichthyes - Megaloolithidae

Taxonomy
Megaloolithus petralta was named by Vianey-Liaud et al. (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Roquehautes-Grand Creux D (RHG-D), which is in a Maastrichtian floodplain claystone/claystone in the Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud and Crochet p. 238
1994Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 168
1997Megaloolithus petralta Mikhailov p. 53
1997Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez p. 1160
1998Megaloolithus petralta Moratalla p. 31
2001Megaloolithus petralta Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
2003Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 584 fig. 5
2005Megaloolithus petralta Bravo et al. p. 55
2006Megaloolithus petralta Llompart p. 11
2008Megaloolithus petralta Suñer et al. p. 411
2013Megaloolithus petralta Sellés et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Sauropoda()
familyMegaloolithidae
genusMegaloolithus
speciespetralta

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.

Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available