Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Nanhsiungoolithus

Zhao 1975

Nanhsiungoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the late Cretaceous of China. It belongs to the oofamily Elongatoolithidae, which means that it was probably laid by an oviraptorosaur, though so far no skeletal remains have been discovered in association with Nanhsiungoolithus. The oogenus contains only a single described oospecies, N. chuetienensis. It is fairly rare, only being known from two partially preserved nests and a few eggshell fragments.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
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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Nanhsiungoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
5
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Pingling
3
Gaogou
1
Djadokhta
1
Yuanpu
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
4
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Nanhsiungoolithus chuetienensis 90 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
Z.-K. Zhao. 1975. [The microstructures of the dinosaurian eggshells of Nanxiong Basin, Guandong province. (1) On the classification of dinosaur eggs]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 13(2):105-117
Bibliography (3)
Z. K. Zhao, X. Y. Mao, and Z. F. Chai, G. C. Yang, F. C. Zhang, Z. Yan. 2009. Geochemical environmental changes and dinosaur extinction during the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/T) transition in the Nanxiong Basin, South China: Evidence from dinosaur eggshells. Chinese Science Bulletin 54(5):806-815 DOI ↗
H. Zhao and Z. Zhao. 1998. [Dinosaur eggs from Xichuan Basin, Henan province]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(4):282–296
Y. Ariunchimeg. 1997. Results of studies of dinosaur eggs. Abstract of Report Meeting, Mongolia-Japan Joint Paleontological Expedition