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Ovaloolithus laminadermus

Osteichthyes - Ovaloolithidae

Taxonomy
Oolithes laminadermus was named by Young (1954). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ovaloolithus laminadermus by Zhao (1979), Zhao et al. (1991), Mikhailov (1997), Mikhailov (2000), Zhang and Wang (2010), Wang et al. (2012), Zhao et al. (2013), Zhang et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Oolithes laminadermus Young
1974Oolithes laminadermus Chao and Chiang pp. 77-78
1979Ovaloolithus laminadermus Zhao p. 333
1991Ovaloolithus laminadermus Zhao et al. p. 5
1997Ovaloolithus laminadermus Mikhailov p. 52
2000Ovaloolithus laminadermus Mikhailov p. 564
2010Ovaloolithus laminadermus Zhang and Wang p. 72
2012Ovaloolithus laminadermus Wang et al. p. 406
2013Ovaloolithus laminadermus Zhao et al. p. 4665
2017Ovaloolithus laminadermus Zhang et al. p. 191

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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
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
Dryomorpha
Styracosterna
Hadrosauriformes
Hadrosauroidea()
familyOvaloolithidae
genusOvaloolithus
specieslaminadermus(Young 1954)

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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Shandong) Reptilia indet. (24757)