Classification
Fossil sites 101 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
32
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
45
Coniacian
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
2
Turonian
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
2
Cenomanian
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
4
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
3
Hauterivian
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
2
Berriasian
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Tithonian
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
6
Kimmeridgian
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
K. F. Hirsch. 1994. Upper Jurassic eggshells from the Western Interior of North America. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
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