Dendroolithus

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Dendroolithus
Temporal range:
Ma
Dendroolithus
Egg fossil classification Edit this classification
Basic shell type: Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily:
Dendroolithidae
Oogenus: Dendroolithus
Zhao and Li, 1988
Type oospecies
Dendroolithus wangdianensis
Oospecies
  • Dendroolithus dendriticus
  • Dendroolithus fengguangcunensis
  • Dendroolithus guoqingsiensis
  • Dendroolithus microporosus
  • Dendroolithus verrucarius
  • Dendroolithus wangdianensis
  • Dendroolithus xichuanensis

Dendroolithus is an

Ornithopod.[4] The oospecies "D." shangtangensis was originally classified as Dendroolithus, however, it has since been moved to its own distinct oogenus, Similifaveoloolithus.[5] This oogenus is related with embryos of the theropod Torvosaurus[6]

References

  1. ^ Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
  3. ^ Z. Zhao and Z. Li. 1988. A new structural type of the dinosaur eggs from Anlu County, Hubei Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 26(2):107-115
  4. JSTOR 4523773
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  5. ^ Wang Qiang, Zhao Zi-kui, Wang Xiao-lin, and Jiang Yan-gen. (2011) "New ootypes of dinosaur eggs from the Late Cretaceous in Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, China." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49(4):446-449.
  6. PMID 23722524
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