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Paraelongatoolithus reticulatus

Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Paraelongatoolithus reticulatus was named by Wang et al. (2010). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP V16514, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chengguan 1, Tiantai, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Chichengshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Paraelongatoolithus reticulatus Wang et al. pp. 112, 116 figs. 1-2
2012Paraelongatoolithus reticulus Wang et al. p. 404
2016Paraelongatoolithus reticulatus Tanaka et al. p. 353

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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()
—Theropoda()
familyElongatoolithidae
genusParaelongatoolithus
speciesreticulatus

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.

†Paraelongatoolithus reticulatus Wang et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Q. Wang et al. 2010Elongated egg with length about 17 cm, width 7.2 cm and shape index 42; outer surface of eggshell sculptured with reticular ornamentation; eggshell thickness 0.50 ~ 0.60 mm; obvious boundary between cone layer and columnar layer; and thickness ratio 1 : 2; pore canals fine and straight, with diameters ranging from 0.08 to 0.39 mm.
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: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian99.6 - 89.8China (Zhejiang) Paraelongatoolithus reticulatus (type locality: 98254)