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Prismatoolithus caboti

Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Prismatoolithus caboti was named by Garcia et al. (2000). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is GMA-1B-1, GM-1B-2, an egg (compressed egg), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Grand Marquise, GMA, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Prismatoolithus caboti Garcia et al. pp. 285-286 figs. Pl. 1:1-3
2001Prismatoolithus caboti Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
2003Prismatoolithus caboti Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 584 fig. 5
2014Prismatoolithus caboti Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 848
2014Prismatoolithus caboti Sellés et al. p. 48
2016Prismatoolithus carboti Tanaka et al. p. 357
2017Prismatoolithus caboti Skutschas et al.

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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()
familyPrismatoolithidae
genusPrismatoolithus
speciescaboti

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.

†Prismatoolithus caboti Garcia et al. 2000
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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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Bouches-de-Rhone) Prismatoolithus caboti (138414)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Hérault) Prismatoolithus caboti (type locality: 59254)