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Porituberoolithus warnerensis

Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Porituberoolithus warnerensis was named by Zelenitsky et al. (1996). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is RTMP 94.157.60, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Little Diablo's Hill, Devil's Coulee, which is in a Campanian terrestrial mudstone in the Oldman Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Porituberoolithus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Porituberoolithus warnerensis Zelenitsky et al. p. 1658 figs. 3A-F
2003Porituberoolithus warnerensis Garcia et al. p. 63
2003Porituberoolithus warnerensis Vianey-Liaud and Garcia p. 182
2005Porituberoolithus warnerensis Zelenitsky and Sloboda p. 401
2011Porituberoolithus warnerensis Tanaka et al. p. 43
2014Porituberoolithus warnerensis Sellés et al. p. 49
2015Porituberoolithus warnerensis Currie and Koppelhus p. 626
2021Porituberoolithus warnerensis Oser et al. p. 8

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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
genusPorituberoolithus
specieswarnerensis

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.

†Porituberoolithus warnerensis Zelenitsky et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. K. Zelenitsky et al. 1996Eggshell thickness 0.50—0.65 mm; cl:ml thickness ratio 2:1; ornamentation dispersituberculate; pore openings situated on nodes; and pore system angusticanaliculate.
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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Porituberoolithus warnerensis (47816 52992 type locality: 53049 62322)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Porituberoolithus warnerensis (45240)