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Fusioolithidae

Reptilia - Fusioolithidae

Taxonomy
Fusioolithidae was named by Fernández and Khosla (2015). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Dinosauria by Fernández and Khosla (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Fusioolithidae Fernández and Khosla p. 167

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
familyFusioolithidae
familyFusioolithidae

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.

Fm. †Fusioolithidae Fernández and Khosla 2015
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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
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. S. Fernández and A. Khosla 2015Dinosauroid-spherulitic basic type, tubospherulitic morphotype, tubocanaliculate pore system (Mikhailov 1997). The ornamentation is compactituberculate. The accretion lines cross the boundary between shell units starting on the one-third of the inner of the eggshell thickness and sometimes continue to the external surface. Eggshell is composed of circular cones without clearly demarcated boundary lines; the shell units are partially fused. The shell units are fan shaped similar to the eggs of oofamily Megaloolithidae but it differ in the nature of the eggshell units in which they are partially fused. We found significant differences with Spheroolithidae too, because this oofamily has a different ornamentation pattern.
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: 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
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain (Cataluña) Megaloolithus trempii (113013)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Faveoloolithidae indet. (96094 96105 96106) Fusioolithus baghensis (96097 96098) Megaloolithidae indet. (96090 96099) Titanosauridae indet. (32370)
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Peru (Amazonas) Dinosauria indet. (52842) Megaloolithus pseudomamillare (52839)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Sauropoda indet. (60397)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Dinosauria indet. (178974) Megaloolithus phensaniensis (61495 61500 61501 68626) Sauropoda indet. (61502 61608 61611)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Fusioolithus baghensis (219358 229048) Fusioolithus baghensis, Fusioolithus mohabeyi (229049) Fusioolithus baghensis, Fusioolithus padiyalensis (229045 229047) Fusioolithus mohabeyi, Fusioolithus padiyalensis (229046) Megaloolithus baghensis (68167 75493 219352) Megaloolithus mohabeyi, Megaloolithus dholiyaensis (61618) Megaloolithus padiyalensis (68168)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France Megaloolithus pseudomamillare (61622)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Fusioolithus sp. (206967 206969)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Megaloolithus baghensis (32322 74526 167945 171098) Megaloolithus pseudomamillare (38677 183160 183161) Megaloolithus sp. (169870 171124) Megaloolithus trempii (36380 36728 36731)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Megaloolithus mamillare (61624)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Dinosauria indet. (55390) Megaloolithus baghensis (148950 226201) Megaloolithus sp. (169875)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Dinosauria indet. (58102)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Megaloolithus baghensis (60170)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Peru (Puno) Ornithopoda indet. (28230)