Ovaloolithus turpanensis Zhang and Wang 2010 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ovaloolithidae

Full reference: S.-K. Zhang and Q. Wang. 2010. [A new species of ovaloolithids from Turpan Basin in Xinjiang, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(1):71-75

Belongs to Ovaloolithus according to S.-K. Zhang and Q. Wang 2010

Sister taxa: Ovaloolithus chinkangkouensis, Ovaloolithus dinornithoides, Ovaloolithus huangtulingensis, Ovaloolithus laminadermus, Ovaloolithus mixistriatus, Ovaloolithus monostriatus, Ovaloolithus sangpingensis, Ovaloolithus tenuisus, Ovaloolithus tristriatus, Ovaloolithus utahensis, Ovaloolithus weiqiaoensis

Type specimen: IVPP V16860.1, an egg. Its type locality is South of Shisanjianfang, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Subashi Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at South of Shisanjianfang

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