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Polyclonoolithus yangjiagouensis
Taxonomy
Polyclonoolithus yangjiagouensis was named by Xie et al. (2016). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is ZMNH M1849, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guanmengou No. 4 bonebed, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine siltstone/mudstone in the 5 Formation of China. It is the type species of Polyclonoolithus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Polyclonoolithus yangjiagouensis Xie et al. p. 82 |
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†Polyclonoolithus yangjiagouensis Xie et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J.-F. Xie et al. 2016 | 1.9 mm thick on average, branched eggshell units and obvious horizontal
accretion lines. Eggshell units typically fused towards the outer surface, but lacking a compact layer. Multi-angular eggshell units are interlocked or isolated in tangential sections. Pore canals irregular in shape with large cavities near the inner surface of the eggshell. |
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Barremian - Aptian | China (Gansu) | Polyclonoolithus yangjiagouensis (type locality: 155994) |