Stalicoolithus Temporal range: Cenomanian-Santonian ~99–85 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Egg fossil classification | |
Basic shell type: | †Dinosauroid-spherulitic |
Oofamily: | †Stalicoolithidae |
Oogenus: | †Stalicoolithus Wang, Wang, Zhao & Jiang, 2012 |
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Stalicoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Sanshui and Chichengshan Formations of the Tiantai Basin in Zhejiang Province. It is known from a single, complete fossil egg, notable for its spherical shape.
See also
References
- Wang Q, Wang X L, Zhao Z K, and Jiang Y G. (2012). "A new oofamily of dinosaur egg from the Upper Cretaceous of Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, and its mechanism of eggshell formation" Chinese Science Bulletin. 57: 3740-3747. doi: 10.1007/s11434-012-5353-2
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Stalicoolithus |
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