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Pachycorioolithus jinyunensis

Osteichthyes - Pachycorioolithidae

Taxonomy
Pachycorioolithus jinyunensis was named by Lawver et al. (2016). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is JYM F0033, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shuhong quarry, which is in an Albian lacustrine sandstone in the Liangtoutang Formation of China. It is the type species of Pachycorioolithus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Pachycorioolithus jinyunensis Lawver et al. p. 2

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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()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
familyPachycorioolithidae
genusPachycorioolithus
speciesjinyunensis

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.

Pachycorioolithus jinyunensis Lawver et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Lawver et al. 2016Elongate pachycorioolithid egg about 50 mm long £ 32 mm wide; thin eggshell at least 166 mm thick; indistinct contact between mammillary layer (ML) and continuous layers (CL), with abrupt contact between continuous layer and external layer (EL); ML:CL:EL D 1:1:1.6.
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Albian or 113.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5China (Zhejiang) Pachycorioolithus jinyunensis (type locality: 180708)