Reptilia - Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae
Alternative combinations: Oolithes spheroides, Spheroolithus spheroids, Stalicoolithus spheroides
Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1954. Fossil reptilian eggs from Laiyang, Shantung, China. Scientia Sinica 3(4):505-522
Belongs to Spheroolithus according to J.-Y. Liu et al. 2013
See also Chao 1980, Cheng et al. 1973, Chow 1954, Hirsch 1989, Shen and Mateer 1992, Wang et al. 2012, Wang and Wang 2024, Yang et al. 1986, Young 1954, Young 1959, Young 1965, Zhang 2022 and Zhao et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Spheroolithus albertensis, Spheroolithus chiangchiungtingensis, Spheroolithus choteauensis, Spheroolithus europaeus, Spheroolithus jincunensis, Spheroolithus maiasauroides, Spheroolithus quantouensis
Type specimen: IVPP V730, an egg. Its type locality is gully between Chiangchunting and Chaochun, Laiyang, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian terrestrial claystone in the Jiangjunding Formation of China.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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