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Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum

Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae

Taxonomy
Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum was named by Mikhailov (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is PIN 3142-496, an egg (complete clutch), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khermeen Tsav, Red Beds (PIN coll. 3142) [SMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum Mikhailov pp. 109-110 fig. 4
2000Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum Mikhailov p. 567
2014Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 847
2014Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum Sellés et al. p. 49
2016Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum Tanaka et al. p. 357
2018Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum Wang et al. p. 267

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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
genusProtoceratopsidovum
speciesfluxuosum

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.

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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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum (53229)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Protoceratopsidae indet. (type locality: 11582) Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum (27009)