Oblongoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur eggs, from the Campanian Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. The oogenus contains one oospecies O. glaber.[1]
Oblongoolithus Temporal range: Campanian
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Egg fossil classification | |
Basic shell type: | Ornithoid |
Morphotype: | Ornithoid-ratite |
Oofamily: | †Oblongoolithidae |
Oogenus: | †Oblongoolithus Mikhailov, 1996 |
Oospecies | |
O. glaber |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Oblongoolithus at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
edit- Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
- K. E. Mikhailov. 1996. New genera of fossil eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30(2):246-248