Genre
Taxon formel Éteint

Nipponoolithus

Tanaka et al. 2016

Nipponoolithus is an oogenus of fossil egg native to Japan. It is one of the smallest known dinosaur eggs, and was probably laid by some kind of non-avian maniraptor.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
2
Groupe
Dinosaures
Carnivore Vivant au sol, solitaire Terrestre
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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
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Theropoda Clade non classé
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Nipponoolithus Genre
Sites de découverte 2 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇯🇵 Japon
2
Formations géologiques
Ohyamashimo
2
Distribution temporelle
Albien (113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Espèces (1)
Nipponoolithus ramosus 113 Ma
Bibliographie
Description originale
K. Tanaka, D. K. Zelenitsky, and H. Saegusa, T. Ikeda, C. L. DeBuhr, F. Therrien. 2016. Dinosaur eggshell assemblage from Japan reveals unknown diversity of small theropods. Cretaceous Research 57:350-363 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (2)
K. Tanaka, D. K. Zelenitsky, and F. Therrien, T. Ikeda, K. Kubota, H. Saegusa, T. Tanaka, K. Ikuno. 2020. Exceptionally small theropod eggs from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation of Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Cretaceous Research 114:104519:1-14 DOI ↗
K. Tanaka, D. K. Zelenitsky, and H. Saegusa, T. Ikeda, C. L. DeBuhr, F. Therrien. 2016. Dinosaur eggshell assemblage from Japan reveals unknown diversity of small theropods. Cretaceous Research 57:350-363 DOI ↗