Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Ageroolithus

Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997

Ageroolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. It may have been laid by a theropod.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Ageroolithus
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Euryapteryx gravis restored based on skeletons and preserved moa feathers. © FunkMonk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Ageroolithus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
2
🇫🇷 France
1
Geological formations
Figuerola
1
Arén
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Ageroolithus fontllongensis 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. Vianey-Liaud and N. López-Martínez. 1997. Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells from the Tremp basin, southern Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain. Journal of Paleontology 71(6):1157-1171 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
G. Garcia, M. Pincema, and M. Vianey-Liaud, B. Marandat, E. Lorenz, G. Cheylan, H. Cappetta, J. Michaux, J. Sudre. 1999. Découverte du premier squelette presque complet de Rhabdodon priscus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) du Maastrichtien inférieur de Provence [Discovery of the first nearly complete skeleton of Rhabdodon priscus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Provence (southern France)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 328:415-421 DOI ↗
M. Vianey-Liaud and N. López-Martínez. 1997. Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells from the Tremp basin, southern Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain. Journal of Paleontology 71(6):1157-1171 DOI ↗