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Similifaveoloolithus gongzhulingensis

Osteichthyes - Similifaveoloolithidae

Taxonomy
Dictyoolithus gongzhulingensis was named by Wang et al. (2006). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is JLUM D09-1, D09-2, D09-3, and D09-4, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shanqian, Liufangzi, Gongzhuling quarry, which is in an Aptian/Albian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Quantou Formation of China.

It was recombined as Similifaveoloolithus gongzhulingensis by Wang et al. (2013), Yu et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Dictyoolithus gongzhulingensis Wang et al. p. 154 fig. 3–4
2013Similifaveoloolithus gongzhulingensis Wang et al. p. 51–52
2025Similifaveoloolithus gongzhulingensis Yu et al. p. 320

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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()
familySimilifaveoloolithidae
genusSimilifaveoloolithus
speciesgongzhulingensis()

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
Q. Wang et al. 2013Eggshell composed of two or three superimposed shell units. Shell units of the third layer are small and fused near the outer surface of the eggshell.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Jilin) Dictyoolithus gongzhulingensis (type locality: 72321)