Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Parafaveoloolithus

Zhang 2010

Parafaveoloolithus is an oogenus of Faveoloolithid fossil egg, known from the Cretaceous of China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
Sauropoda Unranked clade
Faveoloolithidae Family
Parafaveoloolithus Genus
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
7
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Chichengshan
3
Laijia
2
Zoumagang
1
Ulaanoosh
1
Zhoutian
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
4
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (6)
Parafaveoloolithus guoqingsiensis 101 Ma
Parafaveoloolithus macroporus 106 Ma
Parafaveoloolithus microporus 106 Ma
Parafaveoloolithus pingxiangensis 101 Ma
Parafaveoloolithus tiansicunensis 101 Ma
Parafaveoloolithus xipingensis 143 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
S.-K. Zhang. 2010. [A parataxonomic revision of the Cretaceous faveoloolithid eggs of China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(3):203-219
Bibliography (5)
S.-L. Zou, Q. Wang, and Z.-L. Wang. 2013. A new oospecies of parafaveoloolithids from the Pingxiang Basin, Jiangxi Province of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51(2):102-106
Q. Wang, Z.-K. Zhao, and X.-L. Wang, Y.-G. Jiang. 2011. New ootypes of dinosaur eggs from the Late Cretaceous in Tiantai Bain, Zhejiang Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49(4):446-449
S.-K. Zhang. 2010. [A parataxonomic revision of the Cretaceous faveoloolithid eggs of China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(3):203-219
X. Fang, Z. Zhang, and Q. Pang, P. Li, Y. Han, H. Xie, R. Yan, F. Pang, J. Lü, Z. Cheng. 2007. [Cretaceous strata and egg fossils in Xixia, Henan province]. Acta Geoscientia Sinica 28(2):123–142
X. Fang, Y. Wang, and Y. Jiang. 2000. [On the Late Cretaceous fossil eggs of Tiantai, Zhejiang]. Geological Review 46(1):105-112