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Protodictyoolithus jiangi

Reptilia - Dictyoolithidae

Taxonomy
Dictyoolithus jiangi was named by Liu and Zhao (2004). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is DNM D737-D740, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiangjunding, Laiyang, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Jiangjunding Formation of China.

It was recombined as Protodictyoolithus jiangi by Wang et al. (2012), Wang et al. (2013), Zhao et al. (2013) and Zhang et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Dictyoolithus jiangi Liu and Zhao pp. 166, 169
2008Dictyoolithus jiangi Jin p. 53
2012Protodictyoolithus jiangi Wang et al. p. 406
2013Protodictyoolithus jiangi Wang et al. p. 50
2013Protodictyoolithus jiangi Zhao et al. p. 4665
2017Protodictyoolithus jiangi Zhang et al. p. 197

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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()
familyDictyoolithidae
genusProtodictyoolithus
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.

†Protodictyoolithus jiangi Liu and Zhao 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Q. Wang et al. 2013Eggshell composed of two to four superimposed shell units. Shell units near the outer surface of the eggshell are small and interlocking.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6China (Shandong) Dictyoolithus jiangi (type locality: 204760)