Spheroolithus

Spheroolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg.[1]

Spheroolithus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Spheroolithus eggs from China
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Basic shell type: †Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily: †Spheroolithidae
Oogenus: †Spheroolithus
Zhao, 1979
Synonyms
  • Paraspheroolithus Zhao, 1979

Oospecies

The following species are described:[2]

  • Paraspheroolithus sanwangbacunensis
  • Paraspheroolithus yangchengensis
  • Spheroolithus albertensis
  • Spheroolithus choteauensis
  • Spheroolithus europaeus
  • Spheroolithus irenensis
  • Spheroolithus jincunensis
  • Spheroolithus maiasauroides
  • Spheroolithus megadermus
  • Spheroolithus spheroides
  • Spheroolithus tenuicorticus

Distribution

Fossils of the oogenus were found in:[2]

  • Spheroolithus sp. eggs
    Spheroolithus sp. eggs
  • Paraspheroolithus eggs in Henan Geological Museum
    Paraspheroolithus eggs in Henan Geological Museum

See also

References
  1. 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
  2. Spheroolithus in the Paleobiology Database

Bibliography
  • Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
  • Z. Zhao. 1979. [Advances in the study of fossil dinosaur eggs in our country]. Mesozoic and Cenozoic red beds of South China; selected papers from the field conference on the South China Cretaceous-Early Tertiary red beds. Science Press, Beijing 330-340


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