Ovaloolithusis anoogenusofdinosaur egg.Eggs of the genus have been found inChina,MongoliaandUtah.

Ovaloolithus
Temporal range:Late Cretaceous
~99.6–65Ma
Ovaloolithus chinkangkouensis,on display at thePaleozoological Museum of China.
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Basic shell type: Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily: Ovaloolithidae
Oogenus: Ovaloolithus
Zhao, 1979

Species

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Oospecies attributed to this genus include:[1]

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Further reading

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  • J.-L. Zhang, Q. Wang, S.-X. Jiang, X. Cheng, N. Li, R. Qiu, X.-J. Zhang and Z.-L. Wang. 2017. Review of historical and current research on the Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs from Laiyang, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 55(2):187-200
  • Z. Zhao, S. Zhang, Q. Wang and X. Wang. 2013. Dinosaur diversity during the transition between the middle and late parts of the Late Cretaceous in eastern Shandong Province, China: Evidence from dinosaur eggshells. Chinese Science Bulletin 58(36):4663-4669
  • X.-l. Wang, Q. Wang, S.-x. Jiang, X. Cheng, J.-l. Zhang, Z.-k. Zhao, and Y.-g. Jiang. 2012. Dinosaur egg faunas of the Upper Cretaceous terrestrial red beds of China and their stratigraphical significance. Journal of Stratigraphy 36(2):400-416
  • S.-K. Zhang and Q. Wang. 2010. [A new species of ovaloolithids from Turpan Basin in Xinjiang, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(1):71-75
  • X. Liang, S. Wen, D. Yang, S. Zhou, and S. Wu. 2009. Dinosaur eggs and dinosaur egg-bearing deposits (Upper Cretaceous) of Henan Province, China: Occurrences, palaeoenvironments, taphonomy and preservation. Progress in Natural Science 19(11):1587-1601
  • K. E. Mikhailov. 2000. Eggs and eggshells of dinosaurs and birds from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 560-572
  • Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
  • X. Yu. 1998. [Characteristics of dinosaur fossils from southern Anhui and their significance for stratigraphic position]. Regional Geology of China 17(3):278-284
  • Y. Li, Y. Liu, X. Chen and G. Zhao. 1996. Dinosaurian Embryo II: Young Dinosaur-bones inOvaloolithus.Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences 21(6):608-610
  • Z. Zhao. 1979. [Advances in the study of fossil dinosaur eggs in our country]. Mesozoic and Cenozoic red beds of South China; selected papers from the field conference on the South China Cretaceous-Early Tertiary red beds. Science Press, Beijing 330-340
  • T.-k. Chao and T.-k. Chiang. 1974. Microscopic studies on the dinosaurian egg-shells from Laiyang, Shanting province. Scientia Sinica 17(1):73-90
  • C.-C. Young. 1965. [Fossil eggs from Nanshiung, Kwangtung and Kanchou, Kiangsi]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(2):141-170
  • C.-C. Young. 1954. Fossil reptilian eggs from Laiyang, Shantung, China. Scientia Sinica 3(4):505-522