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Fusioolithus padiyalensis

Reptilia - Fusioolithidae

Taxonomy
Megaloolithus padiyalensis was named by Khosla and Sahni (1995). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Padiyal, Dhar, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Lameta Formation of India.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Mohabey (2005); it was recombined as Fusioolithus padiyalensis by Khosla and Lucas (2023) and Dhiman et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Megaloolithus padiyalensis Khosla and Sahni pp. 93-94 figs. 5-6
1996Megaloolithus padiyalensis Loyal et al. p. 631
2003Megaloolithus padiyalensis Khosla and Sahni p. 900
2003Megaloolithus padiyalensis Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 581
2012Megaloolithus padiyalensis Prasad p. 606
2013Megaloolithus padiyalensis Sellés et al. p. 15
2023Fusioolithus padiyalensis Dhiman et al. p. 2
2023Fusioolithus padiyalensis Khosla and Lucas p. 728

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
familyFusioolithidae
genusFusioolithus
speciespadiyalensis(Khosla and Sahni 1995)

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.

†Fusioolithus padiyalensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Fusioolithus padiyalensis (229045 229046 229047) Megaloolithus padiyalensis (type locality: 68168)