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Trigonoolithus amoae
Taxonomy
Trigonoolithus amoae was named by Moreno-Azanza et al. (2014). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MPZ 2012/737, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Cantalera 1, Josa, which is in a Barremian mire/swamp claystone in the Blesa Formation of Spain.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2014 | Trigonoolithus amoae Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 845 fig. 2–4 |
2014 | Trigonoolithus amoae Sellés et al. p. 49 |
2016 | Trigonoolithus amoae Tanaka et al. p. 357 |
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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.
†Trigonoolithus amoae Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M. Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014 | Prismatoolithidae eggshell with three different layers, with gradual transition between mammillary and prismatic layer and between prismatic and external layer, and angusticanaliculate pore system. Outer surface strongly sculptured with ornamentation made up of well-formed triangle-shaped and/or rounded unconnected protuberances. Eggshell thickness 330–1040 μm (mean 672 μm, standard deviation 106.46 μm). |
Measurements
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Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Prismatoolithidae indet. (type locality: 53921) |