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Prismatoolithus tenuis

Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Prismatoolithus tenuis was named by Vianey-Liaud and Crochet (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is PHM-1,, an egg (radial thin-section of eggshell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pioch Herbaut (PHM), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Prismatoolithus tenuis Vianey-Liaud and Crochet p. 243
1996Prismatoolithus tenuis Zelenitsky and Hills p. 1127
1997Prismatoolithus tenuis Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez p. 1163
2001Prismatoolithus tenuis Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
2003Prismatoolithus tenuis Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 584 fig. 5
2008Prismatoolithus tenius Suñer et al. p. 411
2011Prismatoolithus tenuis Tanaka et al. p. 48
2014Prismatoolithus tenuis Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 847
2014Prismatoolithus tenuous Sellés et al. p. 48
2016Prismatoolithus tenuis Tanaka et al. p. 355
2017Prismatoolithus tenuis Skutschas et al.
2018Prismatoolithus tenuous 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
speciestenuis

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 tenuis Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Vianey-Liaud and J.-Y. Crochet 1994Thin Prismatoolithus (0.3 mm to 0.6 mm), probably with smooth outer surface; mammillary layer 15% of the eggshell width; size and shape of the egg unknown.
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: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Bouches-du-Rhône) Prismatoolithus tenuis (138412)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Prismatoolithus tenuis (59267)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Prismatoolithus tenuis (138411)
Late/Upper Campanian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Dinosauria indet. (59778)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Prismatoolithus tenuis (type locality: 70285)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Bouches-du-Rhône) Prismatoolithus tenuis (138413)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Dinosauria indet. (178472)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Prismatoolithus tenuis (36725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Theropoda indet. (207627)