Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Paraelongatoolithus

Wang et al. 2010

Paraelongatoolithus is a late Cretaceous oogenus of Chinese fossil egg, classified in the oofamily Elongatoolithidae, which represents the eggs of oviraptorosaurs.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Elongatoolithidae Family
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Paraelongatoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Chichengshan
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Paraelongatoolithus reticulatus 101 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
Q. Wang, X.-L. Wang, and Z.-K. Zhao, Y.-G. Jiang. 2010. [A new oogenus of Elongatoolithidae from the Upper Cretaceous Chichengshan Formation of Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(2):111-118
Bibliography (1)
Q. Wang, X.-L. Wang, and Z.-K. Zhao, Y.-G. Jiang. 2010. [A new oogenus of Elongatoolithidae from the Upper Cretaceous Chichengshan Formation of Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(2):111-118