Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Shixingoolithus

Zhao et al. 1991

Shixingoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Cretaceous of Nanxiong, China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Stalicoolithidae Family
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Shixingoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
6
Geological formations
Pingling
4
Tong-Gu-Ling
1
Yuanpu
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
5
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Shixingoolithus erbeni 72 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Zhao, J. Ye, and H. Li, Z. Zhao, Z. Yan. 1991. Extinction of the dinosaurs across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 29(1):1-20
Bibliography (3)
Z. K. Zhao, X. Y. Mao, and Z. F. Chai, G. C. Yang, F. C. Zhang, Z. Yan. 2009. Geochemical environmental changes and dinosaur extinction during the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/T) transition in the Nanxiong Basin, South China: Evidence from dinosaur eggshells. Chinese Science Bulletin 54(5):806-815 DOI ↗
Z. Zhao, L. Qui, and X. Zhang. 1999. Fossilized yolk preserved in a dinosaur egg. Journal of Fossil Research 32(1):1-4
Z. Zhao, J. Ye, and H. Li, Z. Zhao, Z. Yan. 1991. Extinction of the dinosaurs across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 29(1):1-20