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Ellipsoolithus khedaensis

Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Ellipsoolithus khedaensis was named by Mohabey (1998). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is GSI 149/CRP/96 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lavariya Muwada, Kheda, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial limestone/sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Ellipsoolithus khedaensis Mohabey p. 360 figs. 10A-E
2000Ellipsoolithus khedaensis Loyal et al. pp. 381-382 figs. 5A-E, 6
2001Ellipsoolithus khedaensis Mohabey p. 497
2003Ellipsoolithus khedaensis Khosla and Sahni p. 900
2005Ellipsoolithus khedaensis Mohabey p. 473
2011Ellipsoolithus khedaensis Mohabey p. 132
2012Ellipsoolithus khedaensis Prasad p. 606
2023Ellipsoolithus khedaensis Dhiman et al. p. 2
2023Ellipsoolithus khedaensis Khosla and Lucas p. 728

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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()
—Theropoda()
familyElongatoolithidae
genusEllipsoolithus
specieskhedaensis

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.

†Ellipsoolithus khedaensis Mohabey 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

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 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 60597)