Laevisoolithidaeis anoofamilyoffossil eggsbelonging to theOrnithoid-ratitemorphotype. Theireggshellsare smooth and very thin, typically less than a millimeter thick. Laevisoolithids may be the eggs ofEnantiornithidbirds.[2][3]Eggs of the family were found in theGrès à Reptiles Formationof France and theNemegt Formationof Mongolia.
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Egg fossil classification
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| Basic shell type: | Ornithoid |
| Morphotype: | Ornithoid-ratite |
| Oofamily: | †Laevisoolithidae Mikhailov, 1991 |
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References
edit- ^Garcia, G., Tabuce, R., Cappetta, H., Marandat, B., Bentaleb, I., Benabdallah, A., & Vianey-Liaud, M. (2003). "First record of dinosaur eggshells and teeth from the North-West African Maastrichtian (Morocco)."Palaeovertebrata32(2-4): 59-69.
- ^K. E. Mikhailov. 1991. Classification of fossil eggshells of amniotic vertebrates. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 36(2):193-238
- ^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.
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