Species
Formal taxon Extinct

Continuoolithus canadensis

Zelenitsky et al. 1996

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
22
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Elongatoolithidae Family
Continuoolithus Genus
Continuoolithus canadensis Species
Fossil sites 22 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
12
🇨🇦 Canada
10
Geological formations
Oldman
6
North Horn
6
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
6
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
13
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
3
Synonyms (1)
Spongioolithus hirschi subjective synonym of Continuoolithus canadensis
Bibliography
Original description
D. K. Zelenitsky, L. V. Hills, and P. J. Currie. 1996. Parataxonomic classification of ornithoid eggshell fragments from the Oldman Formation (Judith River Group; Upper Cretaceous), southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33:1655-1667 DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
J. Hedge, R. T. Tucker, and P. J. Makovicky, L. E. Zanno. 2025. Fossil eggshell diversity of the Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah. PLOS ONE 20(2):e0314689:1-33 DOI ↗
F. D. Jackson and D. J. Varricchio. 2010. Fossil eggs and eggshell from the lowermost Two Medicine Formation of western Montana, Sevenmile Hill locality. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(4):1142-1156 DOI ↗
D. K. Zelenitsky and W. J. Sloboda. 2005. Eggshells. Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington
E. S. Bray. 1999. Eggs and eggshell from the Upper Cretaceous North Horn Formation, central Utah. Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1
D. K. Zelenitsky, L. V. Hills, and P. J. Currie. 1996. Parataxonomic classification of ornithoid eggshell fragments from the Oldman Formation (Judith River Group; Upper Cretaceous), southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33:1655-1667 DOI ↗