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Prismatoolithidae

Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Prismatoolithidae Hirsch p. 140
2025Prismatoolithidae Carrano

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
familyPrismatoolithidae
familyPrismatoolithidae

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.

Fm. †Prismatoolithidae Hirsch 1994
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G. †Laiyangoolithus Wang et al. 2018
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†Laiyangoolithus lixiangensis Wang et al. 2018
G. †Preprismatoolithus Zelenitsky and Hills 1996
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Invalid names: Prismatoolithus Hirsch 1994 [replaced]
G. †Prismatoolithus Zhao and Li 1993
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†Prismatoolithus caboti Garcia et al. 2000
†Prismatoolithus gebiensis Zhao and Li 1993
†Prismatoolithus hirschi Jackson and Varricchio 2010
†Prismatoolithus hukouensis Zhao et al. 1999
†Prismatoolithus ilekensis Skutschas et al. 2017
†Prismatoolithus levis Zelenitsky and Hills 1996
†Prismatoolithus matellensis Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994
†Prismatoolithus tenuis Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994
†Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis Fang et al. 2000
†Prismatoolithus trempii Sellés et al. 2014
Invalid names: Prismatoolithus Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994 [synonym]
G. †Protoceratopsidovum Mikhailov 1994
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†Protoceratopsidovum minimum Mikhailov 1994
†Protoceratopsidovum sincerum Mikhailov 1994
G. †Sankofa López-Martínez and Vicens 2012
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†Sankofa pyrenaica López-Martínez and Vicens 2012
G. †Spheruprismatoolithus Bray 1999
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G. †Trigonoolithus Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014
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†Trigonoolithus amoae Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 154.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21USA (Colorado) Prismatoolithus coloradensis (48156)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Prismatoolithus coloradensis (48157)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06USA (Colorado) Dinosauria indet. (53021) Prismatoolithus coloradensis (53022)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Utah) Prismatoolithus coloradensis (46439)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Prismatoolithus coloradensis (53040 53041)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Spain (La Rioja) Prismatoolithidae indet. (224944)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Spain (Zaragoza) Prismatoolithidae indet. (61330)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian132.6 - 121.4Spain (Aragón) Prismatoolithidae indet. (84212)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Aragón) Prismatoolithidae indet. (59076) Prismatoolithus sp., Prismatoolithidae indet. (53921)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Prismatoolithus ilekensis (52808)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Japan (Hyogo) Prismatoolithus sp. (117980 224255)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8China (Zhejiang) Elongatoolithus tiantaiensis (98254 204718) Prismatoolithus sp. (86426) Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis (204722)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Prismatoolithus heyuanensis (134619)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6China (Henan) Prismatoolithus gebiensis (178691)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6China (Shandong) Laiyangoolithus lixiangensis (204760)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Nei Mongol) Prismatoolithus gebiensis (52942) Prismatoolithus sp. (205652)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain (Cataluña) Prismatoolithidae indet. (217182)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Prismatoolithus hirschi (102180) Theropoda indet. (94368)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Prismatoolithus sp. (96814)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Prismatoolithidae indet. (55256) Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum, Protoceratopsidae indet. (53229) Protoceratopsidovum sincerum, Protoceratopsidovum minimum (118259) Protoceratopsidovum sp. (127668 127678)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Prismatoolithus levis (53049 53050 62321 62322 163049 226216) Prismatoolithus sp. (47793)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Baja California) Prismatoolithus sp. (237073)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila) Prismatoolithus sp. (59114)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Prismatoolithus levis (13281 14453)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Prismatoolithus tenuis (59267)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Prismatoolithidae indet. (130803) Protoceratopsidovum minimum, Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum (27009) Protoceratopsidovum sincerum, Protoceratopsidae indet. (11582)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Bouches-du-Rhône) Prismatoolithus tenuis (138412)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Dornogov) Protoceratopsidovum minimum (65338) Protoceratopsidovum sincerum, Protoceratopsidovum minimum (65327)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) Prismatoolithus sp. (228841)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Prismatoolithus tenuis (48870 138411)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Bouches-de-Rhone) Prismatoolithus caboti (138414)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Prismatoolithidae indet., Sankofa pyrenaica (138572) Sankofa pyrenaica (138571)
Late/Upper Campanian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Dinosauria indet. (59778)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Prismatoolithidae indet. (206969)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Prismatoolithus levis (229870)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Prismatoolithus trempii (32322 48723 117933 167945 171098 171124 217163)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Hérault) Prismatoolithus caboti (59254)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Prismatoolithus tenuis, Prismatoolithus matellensis (70285)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Bouches-du-Rhône) Prismatoolithus tenuis (138413)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) Prismatoolithidae indet. (45437)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Utah) Prismatoolithus jenseni (45722) Prismatoolithus jenseni, Spheruprismatoolithus condensis (45721) Spheruprismatoolithus condensus (138562)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation (Chukot) Prismatoolithidae indet. (86529)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Dinosauria indet. (178472)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Theropoda indet. (207627)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Prismatoolithus tenuis, Prismatoolithus matellensis, Prismatoolithidae indet. (36725) Prismatoolithus trempii (148953 169450)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco (Fes-Boulmane) Prismatoolithus sp. (206441)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Prismatoolithus hukouensis (52941)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Utah) Prismatoolithus sp. (177458) Spheruprismatoolithus condensis (177459)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Prismatoolithidae indet. (230817)