Description | Prismatoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. They likely belonged to troodontids.
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Rank | genus |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Prismatoolithidae : Prismatoolithus |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Prismatoolithidae : Prismatoolithus |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Scientific Name | Prismatoolithus L.i.Zhao, 1993 |
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Name Published In | Rev Paleobiol Vol Spec 7 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Prismatoolithus | genus | belongs to Hypsilophodontidae | stated without evidence | Zhao and Li, 1993 | Prismatoolithus | genus | belongs to Prismatoolithidae | stated without evidence | Hirsch, 1994 | Prismatoolithus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated without evidence | Zelenitsky and Currie, 2004 | Prismatoolithus | genus | belongs to Prismatoolithidae | stated without evidence | Suñer et al., 2008 | Prismatoolithus | genus | belongs to Troodontidae | stated without evidence | Liang et al., 2009 | Prismatoolithus | genus | belongs to Prismatoolithidae | stated with evidence | Jackson and Varricchio, 2010 | Prismatoolithus | genus | belongs to Prismatoolithidae | stated without evidence | Tanaka et al., 2011 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 90 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Diapsida) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. S. Bray. 1999. Eggs and eggshell from the Upper Cretaceous North Horn Formation, central Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:361-375 |
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Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prismatoolithus |
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Bray E. S. (1999) Eggs and eggshell from the Upper Cretaceous North Horn Formation, central Utah, Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, 361-375 |
Hirsch K. F. (1994) Upper Jurassic eggshells from the Western Interior of North America, Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 137-150 |
Vianey-Liaud M., LĂłpez-MartĂnez N. (1997) Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells from the Tremp basin, southern Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain, Journal of Paleontology 71 6, 1157-1171 |
Garcia G. (2000) Diversité des coquilles "minces" d'oeufs fossiles du Crétacé supérieur du sud de la France [Diversity of fossil eggshell fragments from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France], Géobios 33 1, 113-126 |
Garcia G., Feist M., et al (2000) Les oeufs de dinosaures du Crétacé supérieur du bassin de Villeveyrac-Mèze (Hérault, France): description d'une nouvelle ooespèce de Prismatoolithus [New Prismatoolithus oospecies and other Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggs from the Villeveyrac-Mèze Basin (Hérault, France)], Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 171 3, 283-289 |
Zelenitsky D. K. (2000) Dinosaur eggs from Asia and North America, Y.-N. Lee (ed.), 2000 International Dinosaur Symposium for Kosong County in Korea. Paleontological Society of Korea Special Publication 4, 13-26 |
Zhao Z.-K. (2000) Nesting behavior of dinosaurs as interpreted from the Chinese Cretaceous dinosaur eggs, Y.-N. Lee (ed.), 2000 International Dinosaur Symposium for Kosong County in Korea. Paleontological Society of Korea Special Publication 4, 115-126 |
Garcia G., Vianey-Liaud M. (2001) Dinosaur eggshells as biochronological markers in Upper Cretaceous continental deposits, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 169 1-2, 153-164 |
Varricchio D. J., Horner J. R., et al (2002) Embryos and eggs for the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 3, 564-576 |
Garcia G., Tabuce R., et al (2003) First record of dinosaur eggshells and teeth from the north-west African Maastrichtian (Morocco), Palaeovertebrata 32 2–4, 59-69 |
Suñer M., Poza B., et al (2008) SĂntesis del registro fĂłsil de dinosaurios en el Este de la PenĂnsula IbĂ©rica [Synthesis of the fossil record of dinosaurs in the eastern Iberian Peninsula], Palaeontologica Nova 8, 397-420 |
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 |
Jackson F. D., Varricchio D. J. (2010) Fossil eggs and eggshell from the lowermost Two Medicine Formation of western Montana, Sevenmile Hill locality, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 4, 1142-1156 doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.483537 |
Tanaka K., Zelenitsky D. K., et al (2011) Fossil eggshells from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Fruitland Formation, New Mexico, Historical Biology 23 1, 41-55 doi:10.1080/08912963.2010.499171 |
Moreno-Azanza M., Canudo J. I., et al (2014) Unusual theropod eggshells from the Early Cretaceous Blesa Formation of the Iberian Range, Spain, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 4, 843-854 doi:10.4202/app.2012.0069 |
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Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Rev Paleobiol Vol Spec 7 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Vertebrata Palasiatica 31 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |