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Macroolithus yaotunensis

Osteichthyes - Elongatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Macroolithus yaotunensis was named by Zhao (1975). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP V2784, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Macroolithus yaotunensis Zhao p. 106
1978Macroolithus yaotunensis Zhao p. 214
1979Macroolithus yaotunensis Zhao pp. 336-337
1991Macroolithus yaotunensis Zhao et al. p. 5
1994Macroolithus yaotunensis Zhao p. 187
1995Macroolithus yaotunensis Wang and Zhou p. 262
1997Macroolithus yaotunensis Ariunchimeg p. 13
2000Macroolithus yaotunensis Amo Sanjuán et al. p. 13
2000Macroolithus yaotunensis Mikhailov p. 569
2000Macroolithus yaotunensis Zhao and Yan pp. 84-85
2002Macroolithus yaotunensis Zhou and Feng p. 70
2008Macroolithus yaotunensis Cheng et al. p. 1090
2009Macroolithus yaotunensis Liang et al. p. 1590
2012Macroolithus yaotunensis Tanaka et al. p. 294
2012Macroolithus yaotunensis Wang et al. p. 407
2016Macroolithus yaotunensis Wang et al. p. 2
2017Macroolithus yaotunensis Wiemann et al. p. 4
2018Macroolithus yaotunensis Norell et al. p. 31
2019Macroolithus yaotunensis He et al. p. 355
2019Macroolithus yaotunensis Simon et al. p. 2
2020Macroolithus yaotunensis Jin et al. p. 2

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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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
familyElongatoolithidae
genusMacroolithus
speciesyaotunensis

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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2China (Henan) Macroolithus yaotunensis (232203)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Macroolithus yaotunensis (24754)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Macroolithus yaotunensis (168417)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Macroolithus yaotunensis (24752 68149 68396 68397 68398 68399)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Jiangxi) Macroolithus yaotunensis (49393)