Prismatoolithus
Dinosaur egg
Prismatoolithus Temporal range: Hauterivian-Maastrichtian ~130–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Prismatoolithus jenseni eggs from the Wasatch Plateau | |
Egg fossil classification | |
Basic shell type: | †Dinosauroid-prismatic |
Oofamily: | †Prismatoolithidae |
Oogenus: | †Prismatoolithus |
Oospecies | |
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Prismatoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Maastrichtian) and possibly also the earliest Paleocene. They likely belonged to troodontids[1][2]
References
- ^ Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
- ^ Mateus, I, H Mateus, MT Antunes, O Mateus, P Taquet, V Ribeiro, G Manuppella. 1998. Upper Jurassic theropod dinosaur embryos from Lourinhã (Portugal). Memórias da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa 37, 101-110
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