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Ageroolithus fontllongensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ageroolithus fontllongensis was named by Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez (1997). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is FLL6-1, an egg, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Fontllonga 6, which is in a Maastrichtian lagoonal sandstone in the Figuerola Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Ageroolithus fontllongensis Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez p. 1167 figs. 9-10
2006Ageroolithus fontllongensis Llompart p. 10
2007Ageroolithus fontllongensis Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 206
2008Ageroolithus fontllongensis Suñer et al. p. 411
2014Ageroolithus fontllongensis Sellés et al. p. 46

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
genusAgeroolithus
speciesfontllongensis

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.

†Ageroolithus fontllongensis Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997
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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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Ageroolithus fontllongensis (183163)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Ageroolithus fontllongensis (type locality: 36725)