Dendroolithus
Dendroolithus | |
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Dendroolithus | |
Egg fossil classification | |
Basic shell type: | †Dinosauroid-spherulitic |
Oofamily: | † Dendroolithidae
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Oogenus: | †Dendroolithus Zhao and Li, 1988 |
Type oospecies | |
†Dendroolithus wangdianensis | |
Oospecies | |
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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
- ^ Paleobiology Database
- ^ Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
- ^ 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
- JSTOR 4523773.
- ^ 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.
- PMID 23722524.