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Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis

Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Elongatoolithus tiantaiensis was named by Fang et al. (2000). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Zhe-7-4 (slice), an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qiaoxia, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Chichengshan Formation of China.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Wang et al. (2010); it was recombined as Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis by Wang et al. (2011), Wang et al. (2012), Tanaka et al. (2016), Skutschas et al. (2017) and Wang et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Elongatoolithus tiantaiensis Fang et al. p. 108
2003Elongatoolithus tiantaiensis Fang et al. p. 517
2011Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis Wang et al. p. 447
2012Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis Wang et al. p. 404
2016Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis Tanaka et al. p. 355
2017Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis Skutschas et al.
2018Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis Wang et al. p. 267

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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()
familyPrismatoolithidae
genusPrismatoolithus
speciestiantaiensis()

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.

Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis Fang et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available