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Oblongoolithus

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Dinosaur egg

Oblongoolithus
Temporal range: Campanian
~80–70 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Egg fossil classification Edit this classification
Basic shell type: Ornithoid
Morphotype: Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily: †Oblongoolithidae
Oogenus: †Oblongoolithus
Mikhailov, 1996
Oospecies

O. glaber

Oblongoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur eggs, from the Campanian Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. The oogenus contains one oospecies O. glaber.

See also

References

  1. Oblongoolithus at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

  • Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
  • K. E. Mikhailov. 1996. New genera of fossil eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30(2):246-248


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