Classification
Dinosauria
Unranked clade
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Ornithischia
Unranked clade
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Prismatoolithidae
Family
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Prismatoolithus
Genus
Fossil sites 58 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
24
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
25
Coniacian
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Cenomanian
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
4
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (13)
Prismatoolithus caboti
84 Ma
Prismatoolithus hirschi
84 Ma
Prismatoolithus ilekensis
126 Ma
Prismatoolithus jenseni
72 Ma
Prismatoolithus levis
84 Ma
Prismatoolithus tenuis
84 Ma
Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis
101 Ma
Prismatoolithus trempii
72 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
Z.-K. Zhao and R. Li. 1993. First record of Late Cretaceous hypsilophodontid eggs from Bayan Manduhu, Inner Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31(2):77-84
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