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Megaloolithus microtuberculata

Osteichthyes - Megaloolithidae

Taxonomy
Megaloolithus microtuberculata was named by Garcia and Vianey-Liaud (2001). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is LCA-I-5, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Cairanne (LCA), which is in a Campanian channel marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Megaloolithus microtuberculata Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
2003Megaloolithus microtuberculata Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 584 fig. 5
2005Megaloolithus microtuberculata Bravo et al. p. 55
2013Megaloolithus microtuberculata Sellés et al. p. 15
2015Megaloolithus microtuberculata Sellés and Vila p. 138
2018Megaloolithus microtuberculata Aglawe and Lakra p. 195

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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
speciesmicrotuberculata

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 microtuberculata Garcia and Vianey-Liaud 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available