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Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	98800	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=98800

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Elongatoolithidae : Macroelongatoolithus : Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
family	Elongatoolithidae	Zhao 1975
genus	Macroelongatoolithus	Li et al. 1995
species	Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis	Li et al. 1995

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis	species	belongs to Macroelongatoolithus	stated with evidence	Li et al., 1995
Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis	species	subjective synonym of Macroelongatoolithus carlylei	stated with evidence	Zelenitsky et al., 2000
Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis	species	belongs to Longiteresoolithus	stated without evidence	Zhou and Feng, 2002
Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis	species	belongs to Macroelongatoolithus	stated with evidence	Jin et al., 2007
Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis	species	belongs to Macroelongatoolithus	stated without evidence	Jin, 2008
Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis	species	belongs to Longiteresoolithus	stated without evidence	Liang et al., 2009
Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis	species	belongs to Macroelongatoolithus	stated without evidence	Wang et al., 2010
Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis	species	subjective synonym of Macroelongatoolithus carlylei	stated without evidence	Simon et al., 2019

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

101 - 90 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Theropoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

X. Jin, Y. Azuma, and F. D. Jackson, D. J. Varricchio. 2007. Giant dinosaur eggs from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang province, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:81-88

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1995	Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis Li et al.
2002	Longiteresoolithus xixiaensis Zhou and Feng p. 69
2007	Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis Jin et al. p. 82
2008	Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis Jin p. 53
2009	Longiteresoolithus xixiaensis Liang et al. p. 1591
2010	Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis Wang et al. p. 96
2012	Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis Wang et al. p. 403

References

Jin X., Azuma Y., et al (2007) Giant dinosaur eggs from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang province, China, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44, 81-88 doi:10.1039/E06-077

Zhou S.-q., Feng Z.-j. (2002) [Studies on the occurrence beds of Oölithus and their relations to the upper-lower boundarues in Henan province], Resources Survey & Environment 23 1, 68-76

Liang X., Wen S., et al (2009) Dinosaur eggs and dinosaur egg-bearing deposits (Upper Cretaceous) of Henan Province, China: Occurrences, palaeoenvironments, taphonomy and preservation, Progress in Natural Science 19 11, 1587-1601 doi:10.1016/j.pnsc.2009.06.012

Wang X.-l., Wang Q., et al (2012) Dinosaur egg faunas of the Upper Cretaceous terrestrial red beds of China and their stratigraphical significance, Journal of Stratigraphy 36 2, 400-416

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!

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