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Oolithes nanhsiungensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Oolithes nanhsiungensis was named by Young (1965). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP V.2789, an egg, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Oolithes nanhsiungensis Young p. 164
1973Oolithis nanhsiungensis Cheng et al. p. 22
1981Oolithes nanhsiungensis Borgomanero and Leonardi p. 215
1989Oolithes nanhsiungensis Hirsch p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
genusOolithes
speciesnanhsiungensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Jiangxi) Oolithes nanhsiungensis (71870)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Oolithes nanhsiungensis (71863 71864)