Oolithesis anoogenuswithuncertain affinities.It has historical significance because it was the earliest named oogenus.James Buckmandescribed the first named species asOolithes bathonicaein a communication to the 4 May 1859 meeting of theGeological Society(published in 1860). Buckman believed thatOolithesrepresented the eggs of ateleosaurianreptile.[1]
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| Oolithes spheroides | |
Egg fossil classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Oogenus: | †Oolithes Buckman, 1860 |
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Since Buckman's description ofO. bathonicae,two other oospecies have been named:O. nanhsiungensisandO. spheroides,both of which were native to theMaastrichtianofChina.[2][3]
References
edit- ^Buckman, James(1860),"On some fossil reptilian eggs from the Great Oolite of Cirencester",Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London,16:107–110,doi:10.1144/gsl.jgs.1860.016.01-02.11
- ^Konstantin E. Mikhailov, Emily S. Bray & Karl E. Hirsch (1996). "Parataxonomy of fossil egg remains (Veterovata): basic principles and applications".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.16(4): 763–769.doi:10.1080/02724634.1996.10011364.JSTOR4523773.
- ^Paleobiology Database
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