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Elongatoolithus andrewsi

Osteichthyes - Elongatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Elongatoolithus andrewsi was named by Zhao (1975). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is not a trace fossil.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2005-08-22; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Elongatoolithus andrewsi Zhao p. 108 figs. Pl. 3:1a-c
1978Elongatoolithus andrewsi Zhao p. 214
1979Elongatoolithus andrewsi Zhao p. 336
1991Elongatoolithus andrewsi Zhao et al. p. 5
1994Elongatoolithus andrewsi Zhao p. 187
1997Elongatoolithus andrewsi Mikhailov p. 62
2000Elongatoolithus andrewsi Mikhailov p. 569
2002Elongatoolithus andrewsi Zhou and Feng p. 70
2008Elongatoolithus andrewsi Weishampel et al. p. 1112
2009Elongatoolithus andrewsi Liang et al. p. 1590
2012Elongatoolithus andrewsi Wang et al. p. 406
2017Elongatoolithus andrewsi Zhang et al. p. 191
2018Elongatoolithus andrewsi Norell et al. p. 31
2019Elongatoolithus andrewsi Simon 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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
familyElongatoolithidae
genusElongatoolithus
speciesandrewsi

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 Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Guangdong) Elongatoolithus andrewsi (275468 275473 275474 275475 275477 275479 275480 275481 275482 275483 275489 275491 275496)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Xinjiang) Oolithes sp. (24753)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Hunan) Oolithes elongatus (79741)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Elongatoolithus andrewsi (24752 68149 68396 68397 68398 68399 275461 275464 275465 275466)