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Dispersituberoolithus exilis
Taxonomy
Dispersituberoolithus exilis was named by Zelenitsky et al. (1996). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is RTMP 94.157.62, 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 Dispersituberoolithus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1996 | Dispersituberoolithus exilis Zelenitsky et al. p. 1664 figs. 5F-H, 6A-D |
| 2014 | Dispersituberoolithus exilis Sellés et al. p. 49 |
| 2015 | Dispersituberoolithus exilis Currie and Koppelhus p. 625 |
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†Dispersituberoolithus exilis Zelenitsky et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. K. Zelenitsky et al. 1996 | Eggshell thickness 0.26–0.28 mm; three structural layers (external zone, continuous layer, and mammillary layer); ez:cl:ml thickness ratio of 0.5:2:1; ornamentation dispersituberculate; and angusticanaiiculate pore system. |
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Dispersituberoolithus exilis (type locality: 53049) |