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Prismatoolithus jenseni

Osteichthyes - Prismatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Prismatoolithus jenseni was named by Bray (1999). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is BYU-VP 9481 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Alamosaurus locality, South Dragon Valley, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Prismatoolithus jenseni Bray p. 264 fig. 3
2011Prismatoolithus jenseni Tanaka et al. p. 48
2014Prismatoolithus jenseni Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 847
2014Prismatoolithus jenseni Sellés et al. p. 48
2017Prismatoolithus jenseni Skutschas et al.
2018Prismatoolithus jenseni Funston and Currie p. 441

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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()
—Ornithischia()
familyPrismatoolithidae
genusPrismatoolithus
speciesjenseni

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Utah) Prismatoolithus jenseni (45721 type locality: 45722)