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Subtiliolithus kachchhensis

Reptilia - Laevisoolithidae

Taxonomy
Subtiliolithus kachchhensis was named by Khosla and Sahni (1995). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is VPL/KH 580, an egg, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Anjar pit BG1, Kachchh, which is in a Maastrichtian lacustrine siltstone/limestone in India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Khosla and Sahni pp. 94-95 figs. 5; Pl. 3:4-7
1996Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Loyal et al. p. 631
1996Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Zelenitsky et al. p. 1660
2003Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Garcia et al. p. 63
2003Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Khosla and Sahni p. 900
2003Subtiliolithus kahchensis Vianey-Liaud and Garcia p. 182
2015Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Fernández and Khosla p. 175
2016Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Tanaka et al. p. 357
2018Subtiliolithus kachhchensis Aglawe and Lakra p. 194
2021Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Oser et al. p. 7
2023Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Dhiman et al. p. 2
2023Subtiliolithus kachchhensis 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()
familyLaevisoolithidae
genusSubtiliolithus
specieskachchhensis

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.

†Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
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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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Subtiliolithus kachchhensis (75493)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Subtiliolithus kachchhensis (type locality: 60170)