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Prismatoolithus heyuanensis

Osteichthyes - Prismatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Prismatoolithus heyuanensis was named by Lü (2006). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fengguang, Heyuan, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Dongyuan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Prismatoolithus heyuanensis Lü
2012Prismatoolithus heyuanensis Tanaka et al. p. 294
2014Prismatoolithus heyuanensis Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 847
2014Prismatoolithus heyuanensis Sellés et al. p. 48
2017Prismatoolithus heyuanensis Skutschas et al.
2018Prismatoolithus heyuanensis Wang et al. p. 267

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
familyPrismatoolithidae
genusPrismatoolithus
speciesheyuanensisLü 2006

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: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Prismatoolithus heyuanensis (type locality: 134619)