Dendroolithusis anoogenusofDendroolithiddinosaur eggfound in thelate CenomanianChichengshan Formation(Tiantai Group), in theGong-An-ZhaiandSantonianMajiacun FormationsofChinaand theMaastrichtianNemegtandCampanianBarun Goyot FormationofMongolia.[1][2]They can be up to 162 mm long and 130 mm wide.[3]These eggs may have been laid by aTherizinosaur,Sauropod,orOrnithopod.[4]The oospecies"D." shangtangensiswas originally classified asDendroolithus,however, it has since been moved to its own distinct oogenus,Similifaveoloolithus.[5]This oogenus is related with embryos of the theropodTorvosaurus[6]
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Egg fossil classification
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| Basic shell type: | †Dinosauroid-spherulitic |
| Oofamily: | †Dendroolithidae |
| Oogenus: | †Dendroolithus Zhao and Li, 1988 |
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| †Dendroolithus wangdianensis | |
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References
edit- ^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
- ^Konstantin E. Mikhailov, Emily S. Bray & Karl E. Hirsch (1996). "Parataxonomy of fossil egg remains (Veterovata): basic principles and applications".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.16(4): 763–769.doi:10.1080/02724634.1996.10011364.JSTOR4523773.
- ^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 PalAsiatica49(4):446-449.
- ^Alves, L. C.; Schell, N.; Beckmann, F.; Mateus, Octávio; Martins, Rui M. S.; Castanhinha, Rui; Araújo, Ricardo (30 May 2013)."Filling the gaps of dinosaur eggshell phylogeny: Late Jurassic Theropod clutch with embryos from Portugal".Scientific Reports.3:1924.doi:10.1038/srep01924.PMC3667465.PMID23722524.
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