Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Heishanoolithus

Zhao and Zhao 1999

Heishanoolithus is an oogenus of Elongatoolithid fossil egg from the Shahai Formation in Liaoning. It is known only from seven eggshell fragments. It is most notable for having a very thin eggshell, the dense covering of nodes on the eggshell surface, and for its relatively thin mammilary layer. While no remains of Heishanoolithus have been associated with skeletal remains, strong evidence links Elongatoolithid eggs to Oviraptorosaurs.

Temporal range
PBDB occurrences
0
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Elongatoolithidae Family
Heishanoolithus Genus
Bibliography
Original description
O. Amo Sanjuán, J. I. Canudo, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2000. First record of elongatoolithid eggshells from the lower Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Europe (Cuesta Corrales 2, Galve Basin, Teruel, Spain). First International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Isona i Conda Dellà, Spain, Extended Abstracts