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Tiantaioolithus jiangi

Reptilia - Testudoolithidae

Taxonomy
Tiantaioolithus jiangi was named by Fang et al. (2003). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laijia village, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Laijia Formation of China. It is the type species of Tiantaioolithus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Tiantaioolithus jiangi Fang et al. p. 516

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
familyTestudoolithidae
genusTiantaioolithus
speciesjiangi

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.

Tiantaioolithus jiangi Fang et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Turonian or 105.30000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6China (Zhejiang) Tiantaioolithus jiangi (type locality: 98238)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian99.6 - 89.8China (Zhejiang) Tiantaioolithus jiangi (204723)