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Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus was named by Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez (1997). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is FLL6-14, 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
1997Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez p. 1165 figs. 7.1-7.3, 8.4
2003Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus Vianey-Liaud and Garcia p. 183
2008Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus Suñer et al. p. 411
2011Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus Tanaka et al. p. 43
2014Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus Sellés et al. p. 49
2016Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus Tanaka et al. p. 357

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
genusPseudogeckoolithus
speciesnodosus

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.

†Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus 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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus (type locality: 36725)