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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
Life
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.
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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Lancian or 122.46000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) Dinosauria indet. (53294) Ovaloolithidae indet. (52861)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Dornogov) Dinosauria indet. (65341) Ovaloolithidae indet. (65342)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian99.6 - 89.8China (Zhejiang) Ovaloolithus sp. (205657)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Campanian93.5 - 70.6China (Henan) Ovaloolithus sp. (55688)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6China (Henan) Ovaloolithus sp. (35924)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1China (Shandong) Oolithes chinkangkouensis (80115) Oolithes chinkangkouensis, Oolithes spheroides (80114) Oolithes spheroides (55471 71900 80116) Ovaloolithus chinkangkouensis, Reptilia indet. (24757)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Xinjiang) Ovaloolithus turpanensis (97944)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Ovaloolithidae indet. (65344 127678)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Ovaloolithidae indet. (65345)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Utah) Ovaloolithus utahensis, Ovaloolithus tenuisus (138566 138567)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Utah) Ovaloolithus utahensis (14599)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Utah) Ovaloolithus utahensis (45722 138563)