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Prismatoolithus âśť

Description

Prismatoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. They likely belonged to troodontids.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7236942https://www.gbif.org/species/7236942
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)65562https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=65562
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Prismatoolithidae : Prismatoolithus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Prismatoolithidae : Prismatoolithus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
familyPrismatoolithidaeHirsch 1994
genusPrismatoolithusL.i.Zhao 1993
Scientific NamePrismatoolithus L.i.Zhao, 1993
Name Published InRev Paleobiol Vol Spec 7
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Prismatoolithusgenusbelongs to Hypsilophodontidaestated without evidenceZhao and Li, 1993
Prismatoolithusgenusbelongs to Prismatoolithidaestated without evidenceHirsch, 1994
Prismatoolithusgenusbelongs to Troodontidaestated without evidenceZelenitsky and Currie, 2004
Prismatoolithusgenusbelongs to Prismatoolithidaestated without evidenceSuñer et al., 2008
Prismatoolithusgenusbelongs to Troodontidaestated without evidenceLiang et al., 2009
Prismatoolithusgenusbelongs to Prismatoolithidaestated with evidenceJackson and Varricchio, 2010
Prismatoolithusgenusbelongs to Prismatoolithidaestated without evidenceTanaka et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)12
First Recorded Appearance101 - 90 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prismatoolithus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Prismatoolithus caboti âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
283.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prismatoolithus gebiensis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
289.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prismatoolithus hanshuiensis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Prismatoolithus heyuanensis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prismatoolithus hirschi âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
283.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prismatoolithus hukouensis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
172.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prismatoolithus jenseni âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
272.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prismatoolithus levis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
383.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prismatoolithus matellensis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
270.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prismatoolithus tenuis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
672.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis âśť
species
listed (PBDB)399.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1993Prismatoolithus Zhao and Li
1994Prismatoolithus Hirsch p. 140
1997Prismatoolithus Vianey-Liaud and LĂłpez-MartĂ­nez p. 1161
1999Prismatoolithus Bray p. 364
2000Prismatoolithus Garcia p. 116
2000Prismatoolithus Garcia et al. p. 285
2000Prismatoolithus Zelenitsky p. 24
2000Prismatoolithus Zhao p. 119
2001Prismatoolithus Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
YearName and Author
2002Prismatoolithus Varricchio et al. p. 570
2003Prismatoolithus Garcia et al. p. 64
2004Prismatoolithus Zelenitsky and Currie p. 134A
2008Prismatoolithus Suñer et al. p. 411
2009Prismatoolithus Liang et al. p. 1591
2010Prismatoolithus Jackson and Varricchio p. 1148
2011Prismatoolithus Tanaka et al. p. 45
2014Prismatoolithus Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 847

References

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) Síntesis del registro fósil de dinosaurios en el Este de la Península Ibérica [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
In: Carpenter & Horner [Eds] Dinosaur eggs and babies. 1994. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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
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
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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