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Faveoloolithidae

Reptilia - Faveoloolithidae

Taxonomy

Faveoloolithidae was named by Zhao and Ding (1976). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Dinosauria by Zhao (1994); and to Sauropoda by Mikhailov et al. (1994) and Mikhailov (2000).

Subtaxa

Duovallumoolithus, Faveoloolithus, Hemifaveoloolithus, Paquiloolithus, Parafaveoloolithus, Sphaerovum

Synonyms

Sphaerovum was named by Mones (1980). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Fernández (2016).

It was assigned to Titanosauridae by Mones (1980) and Faccio (1994); to Megaloolithidae by Cousin (2002); and to Faveoloolithidae by Casadío et al. (2002), de Valais et al. (2003) and Simón (2006).
Sphaerovum erbeni was named by Mones (1980). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MNHN-DP 714, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is estancia Blanco, Tala de Miguelete Arroyo, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Asencio Formation of Uruguay.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Grellet-Tinner et al. (2012), Fernández (2013) and Fernández (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1976	Faveoloolithidae Zhao and Ding p. 42
1980	Sphaerovum Mones p. 269
1980	Sphaerovum erbeni Mones p. 269
1981	Sphaerovum erbeni Borgomanero and Leonardi p. 217
1992	Sphaerovum erbeni Powell p. 388
1994	Sphaerovum Faccio p. 47
1994	Sphaerovum erbeni Faccio p. 47
1994	Faveoloolithidae Mikhailov et al. p. 90
1994	Faveoloolithidae Zhao p. 200
1997	Sphaerovum erbeni Mones p. 213
2000	Faveoloolithidae Mikhailov p. 565
2002	Sphaerovum Casadío et al. p. 287
2002	Sphaerovum erbeni Casadío et al. p. 287
2002	Sphaerovum Cousin p. 47
2002	Sphaerovum erbeni Cousin p. 47
2003	Sphaerovum de Valais et al. p. 632
2006	Sphaerovum Simón p. 518
2006	Sphaerovum erbeni Simón p. 518
2008	Sphaerovum erbeni Soto et al. p. 16

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida

Rank	Name	Author
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Sauropoda	()
family	Faveoloolithidae
family	Faveoloolithidae

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.

Fm. †Faveoloolithidae Zhao and Ding 1976

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G. †Duovallumoolithus Zheng et al. 2018

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†Duovallumoolithus shangdanensis Zheng et al. 2018

G. †Faveoloolithus Zhao and Ding 1976

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†Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis Zhao and Ding 1976

†Faveoloolithus zhangi Jin 2008

G. †Hemifaveoloolithus Wang et al. 2011

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†Hemifaveoloolithus muyushanensis Wang et al. 2011