Ellipsoolithusis anoogenusofdinosaur egg.[1]It contains only a singleoospecies,E. khedaensis.The species was found in the Upper Sandy Carbonate Member of theLameta Formationof India. These eggs were probably laid by atheropoddinosaur.[2]

Ellipsoolithus
Temporal range:Maastrichtian
~72–66Ma
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Basic shell type: Ornithoid
Morphotype: Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily: Elongatoolithidae
Oogenus: Ellipsoolithus
Mohabey 1998

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  1. ^Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
  2. ^D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362

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  • D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362