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Dictyoolithus hongpoensis

Osteichthyes - Dictyoolithidae

Taxonomy
Dictyoolithus hongpoensis was named by Zhao (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP RV 94001 (field no. 79001), an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hongpo, Chishuigou (IVPP), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Liuyemiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Dictyoolithus hongpoensis Zhao p. 189
1997Dictyoolithus hongpoensis Mikhailov p. 56
2002Dictyoolithus hongpoensis Zhou and Feng p. 69
2004Dictyoolithus hongpoensis Liu and Zhao p. 170
2009Dictyoolithus hongpoensis Liang et al. p. 1591
2012Dictyoolithus hongpoensis Wang et al. p. 407
2013Dictyoolithus hongpoensis Wang et al. p. 48
2017Dictyoolithus hongpoensis Zhang et al. p. 197

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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()
familyDictyoolithidae
genusDictyoolithus
specieshongpoensis

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
Q. Wang et al. 2013Eggshell composed of more than five superimposed shell units with a reticulate organization in radial section.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8China (Zhejiang) Dictyoolithus hongpoensis (96812)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Henan) Dictyoolithus hongpoensis (type locality: 65402)