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Prismatoolithus hukouensis

Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Prismatoolithus hukouensis was named by Zhao et al. (1999). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is NXM 9708, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hukou village (NXM), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Pingling Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Prismatoolithus hukouensis Zhao et al.
2000Prismatoolithus hukouensis Zhao p. 119 figs. 1-2
2003Prismatoolithus hukouensis Zhao p. 161
2008Prismatoolithus hukouensis Jin p. 53
2012Prismatoolithus hukouensis Wang et al. p. 407
2014Prismatoolithus hukouensis Sellés et al. p. 48
2017Prismatoolithus hukouensis Skutschas et al.
2018Prismatoolithus hukouensis Funston and Currie p. 441
2018Prismatoolithus hukouensis Wang et al. p. 267

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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()
familyPrismatoolithidae
genusPrismatoolithus
specieshukouensisZhao et al. 1999

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.

†Prismatoolithus hukouensis Zhao et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Prismatoolithus hukouensis (type locality: 52941)