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Shixingoolithus erbeni

Reptilia - Stalicoolithidae

Taxonomy
Shixingoolithus erbeni was named by Zhao et al. (1991). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is CGP Section, Nanxiong, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Pingling Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Shixingoolithus erbeni Zhao et al. p. 5
2012Shixingoolithus erbeni Wang et al. p. 407

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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()
familyStalicoolithidae
genusShixingoolithus
specieserbeni

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.

Shixingoolithus erbeni Zhao et al. 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Shixingoolithus erbeni (52891)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Shixingoolithus erbeni (24752 68149 68396 68398 type locality: 68400)