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Nanhsiungoolithus chuetienensis

Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Nanhsiungoolithus chuetienensis was named by Zhao (1975). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP V2782 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Nanhsiungoolithus chuetienensis Zhao p. 110 figs. Pl. 3:3a-c
1979Nanhsiungoolithus chuetienensis Zhao p. 336
1991Nanhsiungoolithus chuetienensis Zhao et al. p. 5
1994Nanhsiungoolithus chuetienensis Zhao p. 188
2002Nanhsiungoolithus chuetienensis Zhou and Feng p. 70
2009Nanhsiungoolithus chutienensis Liang et al. p. 1590
2012Nanhsiungoolithus chuetienensis Wang et al. p. 407

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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()
—Theropoda()
familyElongatoolithidae
genusNanhsiungoolithus
specieschuetienensis

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
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Nanhsiungoolithus chuetienensis (24752 68149 68396 68398)