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Cairanoolithus dughii

Osteichthyes - Cairanoolithidae

Taxonomy
Cairanoolithus dughii was named by Vianey-Liaud et al. (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is LCA1-A (lectotype), an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Cairanne (LCA), which is in a Campanian channel marl in France. It is the type species of Cairanoolithus.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2005-08-22; modified by M. Carrano on 2023-10-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Cairanoolithus dughii Vianey-Liaud and Crochet p. 240
1994Cairanoolithus dughii Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 171
1995Cairanoolithus dughii Khosla and Sahni p. 93
1997Cairanoolithus dughii Mikhailov p. 53
2001Cairanoolithus dughii Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
2003Cairanoolithus dughii Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 584 fig. 5
2005Cairanoolithus dughii Bravo et al. p. 55
2006Cairanoolithus dughii Garcia et al. p. 100 fig. 3
2012Cairanoolithus dughii Díez Díaz et al. p. 627
2013Cairanoolithus dughii Sellés et al. p. 16
2016Cairanoolithus dughii Sellés and Galobart p. 585–586

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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()
familyCairanoolithidae
genusCairanoolithus
speciesdughii

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.

†Cairanoolithus dughii Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. G. Sellés and À. Galobart 2016Cairanoolithus egg diagnosed by the following combination of characters: outer surface mainly smooth or undulating; shell thickness ranging from 1.57 to 2.41 mm; partially fused slender columnar-shaped shell units (H/W ratio of 2.5:1); angusticanaliculate pore canals (25mm wide) with small rounded pore apertures (40 – 75 mm in diameter); large packed spherulites (80 – 160 mm in diameter, average of 120 mm).
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: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Dinosauria indet. (type locality: 61619)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Cairanoolithus dughii (132354)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Occitanie) Cairanoolithus dughii (232208)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Cairanoolithus dughii (91056 113294 232209)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Hérault) Cairanoolithus sp. (65391)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Occitanie) Cairanoolithus dughii (226213)