Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Faveoloolithus

Zhao and Ding 1976

Faveoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. The oogenus contains two oospecies, F. ningxiaensis and F. zhangi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
12
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Faveoloolithus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Faveoloolithidae Family
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Faveoloolithus Genus
Fossil sites 12 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
7
🇰🇷 South Korea
3
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Baruungoyot
5
Seonso Conglomerate
3
Khuren Dukh
1
Gaogou
1
Djadokhta
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
10
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis 110 Ma
Faveoloolithus zhangi
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Zhao and S. Ding. 1976. [Discovery of the dinosaurian egg-shells from Alxa, Ningxia and its stratigraphical significance]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(2):42-44
Bibliography (5)
X. Liang, S. Wen, and D. Yang, S. Zhou, 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 DOI ↗
M. Huh and D. K. Zelenitsky. 2002. Rich dinosaur nesting site from the Cretaceous of Bosung County, Chullanam-do Province, South Korea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):716-718 DOI ↗
K. Mikhailov, K. Sabath, and S. Kurzanov. 1994. Eggs and nests from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
K. E. Mikhailov. 1994. Eggs of sauropod and ornithopod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous deposits of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 28(3):141–159
Z. Zhao and S. Ding. 1976. [Discovery of the dinosaurian egg-shells from Alxa, Ningxia and its stratigraphical significance]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(2):42-44