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Parafaveoloolithus guoqingsiensis

Reptilia - Faveoloolithidae

Taxonomy
Dendroolithus guoqingsiensis was named by Fang et al. (2000). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Zhe-9-3 (slice), an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guoqingsi Temple, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Chichengshan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Parafaveoloolithus guoqingsiensis by Wang et al. (2011), Wang et al. (2012), Zou et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Dendroolithus guoqingsiensis Fang et al. p. 109
2003Dendroolithus guoqingsiensis Fang et al. p. 517
2011Parafaveoloolithus guoqingsiensis Wang et al. p. 447
2012Parafaveoloolithus guoqingsiensis Wang et al. p. 404
2013Parafaveoloolithus guoqingsiensis Zou et al. p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
familyFaveoloolithidae
genusParafaveoloolithus
speciesguoqingsiensis()

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: 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
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian99.6 - 89.8China (Zhejiang) Dendroolithus guoqingsiensis (205654) Parafaveoloolithus guoqingsiensis (204720)