Genre
Taxon formel Éteint

Ovaloolithus

Zhao 1979

Ovaloolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. Eggs of the genus have been found in China, Mongolia and Utah.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
27
Groupe
Dinosaures
Herbivore Vivant au sol, grégaire Terrestre
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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
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Ornithischia Clade non classé
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Neornithischia Clade non classé
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Pyrodontia Clade non classé
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Cerapoda Clade non classé
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Ornithopoda Sous-ordre
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Iguanodontia Infraordre
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Euiguanodontia Clade non classé
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Dryomorpha Clade non classé
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Ankylopollexia Clade non classé
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Styracosterna Clade non classé
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Hadrosauriformes Clade non classé
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Hadrosauroidea Clade non classé
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Ovaloolithidae Famille
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Ovaloolithus Genre
Sites de découverte 27 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇨🇳 Chine
14
🇺🇸 États-Unis
7
🇲🇳 Mongolie
6
Formations géologiques
Jingangkou
8
North Horn
7
Nemegt
3
Gaogou
2
Chichengshan
1
Döshuul
1
Baynshire
1
Majiacun
1
Zhaoying
1
Djadokhta
1
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien (72.2–66 Ma)
10
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
11
Coniacien (89.8–85.7 Ma)
3
Turonien (93.9–89.8 Ma)
2
Cénomanien (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Espèces (12)
Ovaloolithus chinkangkouensis 101 Ma
Ovaloolithus dinornithoides 84 Ma
Ovaloolithus huangtulingensis
Ovaloolithus laminadermus 84 Ma
Ovaloolithus mixistriatus
Ovaloolithus monostriatus
Ovaloolithus sangpingensis 94 Ma
Ovaloolithus tenuisus 72 Ma
Ovaloolithus tristriatus
Ovaloolithus turpanensis 84 Ma
Ovaloolithus utahensis 72 Ma
Ovaloolithus weiqiaoensis
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Bibliographie
Description originale
Z. Zhao. 1979. [Advances in the study of fossil dinosaur eggs in our country]. Mesozoic and Cenozoic red beds of South China; selected papers from the field conference on the South China Cretaceous-Early Tertiary red beds. Science Press, Beijing
Bibliographie (8)
S.-K. Zhang and Q. Wang. 2010. [A new species of ovaloolithids from Turpan Basin in Xinjiang, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(1):71-75
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
E. S. Bray. 1999. Eggs and eggshell from the Upper Cretaceous North Horn Formation, central Utah. Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1
H. Zhao and Z. Zhao. 1998. [Dinosaur eggs from Xichuan Basin, Henan province]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(4):282–296
Y. Li, Y. Liu, and X. Chen, G. Zhao. 1996. Dinosaurian Embryo II: Young Dinosaur-bones in Ovaloolithus. Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences 21(6):608-610
K. E. Mikhailov. 1994. Eggs of sauropod and ornithopod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous deposits of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 28(3):141–159
T.-k. Chao and T.-k. Chiang. 1974. Microscopic studies on the dinosaurian egg-shells from Laiyang, Shanting province. Scientia Sinica 17(1):73-90