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Arriagadoolithus patagoniensis
Taxonomy
Arriagadoolithus patagoniensis was named by Agnolin et al. (2012) [The unique combination of following microstructure characters distinguish Arriagadoolithus from remaining egg-types: three layers (external, prismatic, mammillary) of distinct calcite texture in eggs with a diameter of ca. 70 mm (?maximum width) and unknown length; average value of eggshell thickness 1 mm; variable ornamentation of the outer shell surface including low irregular-shaped nodes, isolated node-like ridges, and low long ridges interconnected with each other to form a net, thus the combination of plexi-ramo-tuberculate and unique dendro-reticulate ornament may represent autapomorphic character of this oospecies; microlaminated external layer (90–100 μm) with two distinct textures; unevenly distributed squamate texture in the prismatic layer; visible prismatic columns, tubocanaliculate and obliquicanaliculate pore system with funnel-like openings on the outer surface; large pneumatic canals expanded into spatial chambers (up to 270 μm in diameter) within the prismatic layer (this latter feature may represent an autapomorphy of this oospecies); prismatic to mammillary layer thickness ratio 4.9:1 to 4.4:1]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MPCA 1290, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Salitral Ojo de Agua (general), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2012 | Arriagadoolithus patagoniensis Agnolin et al. p. 36 figs. 8-15 |
2014 | Arriagadoolithus patagoniensis Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 847 |
2016 | Arriagadoolithus patagoniensis Fernández p. 93 |
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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.
†Arriagadoolithus patagoniensis Agnolin et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Theropoda indet. (type locality: 28459) |