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Fusioolithus
Taxonomy
Fusioolithus was named by Fernández and Khosla (2015). It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Fusioolithidae by Fernández and Khosla (2015), Fernández (2016) and Novas et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Fusioolithidae by Fernández and Khosla (2015), Fernández (2016) and Novas et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Patagoolithus Simón p. 521 |
| 2013 | Patagoolithus Fernández p. 90 |
| 2015 | Fusioolithus Fernández and Khosla p. 167–168 |
| 2016 | Fusioolithus Fernández p. 93 |
| 2019 | Fusioolithus Novas et al. p. 264 |
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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.
G. †Fusioolithus Fernández and Khosla 2015
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†Fusioolithus baghensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
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Invalid names: Megaloolithus balasinorensis Mohabey 1998 [synonym], Megaloolithus pseudomamillare Vianey-Liaud et al. 1997 [synonym], Megaloolithus trempii Moratalla 1998 [synonym], Patagoolithus salitralensis Simón 2006 [synonym]
†Fusioolithus berthei Fernández and Khosla 2015
†Fusioolithus dholiyaensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
†Fusioolithus mohabeyi Khosla and Sahni 1995
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Invalid names: Megaloolithus phensaniensis Mohabey 1998 [synonym]
†Fusioolithus padiyalensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
Invalid names: Patagoolithus Simón 2006 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. E. Simón 2006 (Patagoolithus) | Cáscaras con espesor entre 1,05 a 1,61 mm; media 1,56 y valor más frecuente 1,50 mm. La superficie externa presenta marcada coalescencia denódulos esféricos de diámetro promedio 0,60 mm, separados por espacios internodulares muy variables, en algunos casos constituyen extensos valles; unidades individuales y fusionadas, de ancho muy variable desde 0,13 a 1,10 mm, con un promedio de 0,50 mm, la relación alto/ancho es 2,28; las líneas de crecimiento son convexas en las unidades individuales, mientras que en las unidades fusionadas son ondulatorias u horizontales, siguiendo el relieve de la superficie; los canales poro son muy delgados desde 5 a 10 μm. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Ypresian or 72.10000 to 47.80000 Ma
Collections (54 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Spain (Cataluña) | Megaloolithus trempii (113013) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Faveoloolithidae indet. (96094 96105 96106) F. baghensis (96097 96098) Megaloolithidae indet. (96090 96099) Titanosauridae indet. (32370) | |
| Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Peru (Amazonas) | Dinosauria indet. (52842) Megaloolithus pseudomamillare (52839) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | F. baghensis (219358 229048) F. baghensis, F. mohabeyi (229049) F. baghensis, F. padiyalensis (229045 229047) F. mohabeyi, F. padiyalensis (229046) Megaloolithus baghensis (68167 75493 219352) Megaloolithus mohabeyi, Megaloolithus dholiyaensis (61618) Megaloolithus padiyalensis (68168) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Sauropoda indet. (60397) | |
| Maastrichtian | France | Megaloolithus pseudomamillare (61622) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Gujarat) | Dinosauria indet. (178974) Megaloolithus phensaniensis (61495 61500 61501 68626) Sauropoda indet. (61502 61608 61611) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Megaloolithus baghensis (32322 74526 167945 171098) Megaloolithus pseudomamillare (38677 183160 183161) Megaloolithus sp. (169870 171124) Megaloolithus trempii (36380 36728 36731) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | F. sp. (206967 206969) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Dinosauria indet. (55390) Megaloolithus baghensis (148950 226201) Megaloolithus sp. (169875) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Gujarat) | Megaloolithus baghensis (60170) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Megaloolithus mamillare (61624) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Dinosauria indet. (58102) | |
| Thanetian - Ypresian | Peru (Puno) | Ornithopoda indet. (28230) |