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Laevisoolithus sochavai

Reptilia - Laevisoolithidae

Taxonomy
Laevisoolithus sochavai was named by Mikhailov (1991). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is PIN 2970/5, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bugin Tsav [SMPE/SMGE], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Laevisoolithus sochavai Mikhailov p. 222
1994Laevisoolithus sochavai Mikhailov et al. p. 105
1996Laevisoolithus sochavai Mikhailov p. 116
1997Laevisoolithus sochavai Osmólska p. 472
2000Laevisoolithus sochavai Mikhailov p. 570
2021Laevisoolithus sochavi Oser et al. p. 7

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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()
familyLaevisoolithidae
genusLaevisoolithus
speciessochavai

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.

†Laevisoolithus sochavai Mikhailov 1991
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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 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Hadrosauridae indet. (type locality: 65347)