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Ovaloolithus turpanensis ✝
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| Rank | species (PBDB) | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ovaloolithidae : Ovaloolithus : Ovaloolithus turpanensis | ||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||
| Diet | herbivore (based on Ornithopoda) | ||||||||||
| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S.-K. Zhang and Q. Wang. 2010. [A new species of ovaloolithids from Turpan Basin in Xinjiang, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(1):71-75 | ||||||||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2010 | Ovaloolithus turpanensis Zhang and Wang pp. 71-72 figs. 1-3 |
References
| Zhang S.-K., Wang Q. (2010) [A new species of ovaloolithids from Turpan Basin in Xinjiang, China], Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48 1, 71-75 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
