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Dendroolithus wangdianensis

Reptilia - Phaceloolithidae

Taxonomy
Dendroolithus wangdianensis was named by Zhao and Li (1988). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wangdian village egg site, which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial horizon in the Gong-An-Zhai Formation of China. It is the type species of Dendroolithus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Dendroolithus wangdianensis Zhao and Li p. 114
2000Dendroolithus wangdianensis Mikhailov p. 565

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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()
familyPhaceloolithidae
genusDendroolithus
specieswangdianensis

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.

Dendroolithus wangdianensis Zhao and Li 1988
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cretaceous or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Hubei) Dendroolithus wangdianensis (type locality: 28226)