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Parafaveoloolithus tiansicunensis

Osteichthyes - Faveoloolithidae

Taxonomy
Parafaveoloolithus tiansicunensis was named by Zhang (2010). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP V16859, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tiansi village, Tiantai, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Chichengshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Parafaveoloolithus tiansicunensis Zhang pp. 217-218 fig. 7
2012Parafaveoloolithus tiansicunensis Wang et al. p. 404
2013Parafaveoloolithus tiansicunensis Zou et al. p. 105
2018Parafaveoloolithus tiansicunensis Zheng et al. p. 900

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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()
familyFaveoloolithidae
genusParafaveoloolithus
speciestiansicunensis

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
S.-K. Zhang 2010Eggshells usually composed of one layer of prismatic shell units, or 2 - 3 superimposed shell units in some portions. Cones large and columnar, showing well-developed radial texture near inner surface of eggshell. Unbranchinpart of eggshell, narrowing sharply near outer surface.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8China (Zhejiang) Parafaveoloolithus tiansicunensis (type locality: 98239)