Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Stalicoolithus

Wang et al. 2012

Stalicoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Sanshui and Chichengshan Formations of the Tiantai Basin in Zhejiang Province. It is known from a single, complete fossil egg, notable for its spherical shape.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Stalicoolithidae Family
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Stalicoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Chichengshan
1
Sanshui
1
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Stalicoolithus shifengensis 101 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
Q. Wang, X. Wang, and Z. Zhao, Y. Jiang. 2012. A new oofamily of dinosaur egg from the Upper Cretaceous of Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, and its mechanism of eggshell formation. Chinese Science Bulletin 57(28–29):3740-3747 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
X.-F. Zhu, K.-Y. Fang, and Q. Wang, X.-H. Lu, W.-Q. Wu, Y.-L. Du, Z.-Q. Huang, X.-L. Wang. 2019. The first Stalicoolithus shifengensis discovered in a clutch from the Sanshui Basin, Guangdong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 57(1):77-83 DOI ↗
Q. Wang, X. Wang, and Z. Zhao, Y. Jiang. 2012. A new oofamily of dinosaur egg from the Upper Cretaceous of Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, and its mechanism of eggshell formation. Chinese Science Bulletin 57(28–29):3740-3747 DOI ↗