Mosaicoolithus

Mosaicoolithus; Temporal range:Albian-Cenomanian; ~110–94Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Egg fossil classification
Oofamily:	incertae sedis
Oogenus:	†Mosaicoolithus; Wanget al.,2011
Oospecies
	†M. zhangtoucaoensisFang et al. 2000 (type);

Mosaicoolithusis anoogenusoffossil eggfrom theCenomanian Chichengshan Formation(Tiantai Group) andAlbianto CenomanianLaijia Formation(Qujiang Group) ofTiantai County,Zhejiang Provincein China. Its classification isuncertain.The eggs are spherical, and 8.8 cm in diameter. It is distinctive for having irregular pore canals, sometimes filled by secondary shell units. Originally, it was classified as two separate oospecies ofSpheroolithus:S. zhangtoucaoensisandS. jincunensis.However, these oospecies were synonymized and placed into a new oogenus by Wanget al.(2011).^[1]

References

^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.

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Mosaicoolithus Temporal range:Albian-Cenomanian ~110–94Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Egg fossil classification
Oofamily:	incertae sedis
Oogenus:	†Mosaicoolithus Wanget al.,2011
Oospecies
†M. zhangtoucaoensisFang et al. 2000 (type)