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Ovaloolithidae

Reptilia - Ovaloolithidae

Taxonomy
Ovaloolithidae was named by Mikhailov (1991). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Ornithopoda by Mikhailov (1991) and Mikhailov et al. (1994); and to Hadrosauroidea by Mikhailov (2000).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Ovaloolithidae Mikhailov p. 219
1994Ovaloolithidae Mikhailov et al. p. 97
2000Ovaloolithidae Mikhailov p. 562

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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
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
Dryomorpha
Styracosterna
Hadrosauriformes
Hadrosauroidea()
familyOvaloolithidae
familyOvaloolithidae

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. †Ovaloolithidae Mikhailov 1991
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G. †Ovaloolithus Zhao 1979
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Ovaloolithus chinkangkouensis Chao and Chiang 1974
Ovaloolithus dinornithoides Mikhaillov 1994
Ovaloolithus tenuisus Bray 1999
Ovaloolithus turpanensis Zhang and Wang 2010
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. E. Mikhailov 1991Angustispherulithic morphotype; pore system of mixed type, mainly rimocanaliculate + angusticanaliculate; sculptured surface: sagenotuberculate ornamentation (often variant 3), or smooth surface; ellipsoid - subspherical eggs; "thick" (>2 mm) and "medium" (>1 mm) eggshell.