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Spheroolithidae Temporal range: Early – Late Cretaceous ~136–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Spheroolithus eggs from China
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type:	†Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily:	†Spheroolithidae
Oogenera
†Guegoolithus †Spheroolithus †Paraspheroolithus

Spheroolithidae is an oofamily of dinosaur eggs. It contains Guegoolithus, Spheroolithus, and Paraspheroolithus. Like modern birds, the eggshell membrane formed before the calcareous part of the shell.

See also

• List of dinosaur oogenera

References

1. Moreno-Azanza, M.; Canudo, J.I.; Gasca, J.M. (2014). "Spheroolithid eggshells in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe. Implications for eggshell evolution in ornithischian dinosaurs" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 51: 75–87. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.017.
2. Z.-K. Zhao. (1994) "Dinosaur eggs in China:On the structure and evolution of eggshells." In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Cambridge. pp. 184–203.

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