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Protoceratopsidovum sincerum

Osteichthyes - Prismatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Protoceratopsidovum sincerum was named by Mikhailov (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is PIN 614-58, an egg (complete clutch), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bayn Dzak (PIN coll. 614) [MPE/SMPE], which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Protoceratopsidovum sincerum Mikhailov p. 106
1997Protoceratopsidovum sincerum Mikhailov p. 59
2000Protoceratopsidovum sincerum Mikhailov p. 567
2014Protoceratopsidovum sincerum Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 847
2014Protoceratopsidovum sincerum Sellés et al. p. 49
2018Protoceratopsidovum sincerum Wang et al. p. 267
2023Protoceratopsidovum sincerum Tanaka et al. p. 203

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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()
familyPrismatoolithidae
genusProtoceratopsidovum
speciessincerum

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.

†Protoceratopsidovum sincerum Mikhailov 1994
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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: 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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Protoceratopsidae indet. (type locality: 53229) Protoceratopsidovum sincerum (118259)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Protoceratopsidovum sincerum (11582)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Dornogov) Protoceratopsidovum sincerum (65327)