Ellipsoolithus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
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Basic shell type: Ornithoid
Morphotype: Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily: †Elongatoolithidae
Oogenus: †Ellipsoolithus
Mohabey 1998

Ellipsoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg.[1] It contains only a single oospecies, E. khedaensis. The species was found in the Upper Sandy Carbonate Member of the Lameta Formation of India. These eggs were probably laid by a theropod dinosaur.[2]

See also

References

  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

Bibliography

  • 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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