Paraspheroolithus sanwangbacunensis Fang et al. 2005 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae

Full reference: X. Fang, Z. Zhang, X. Zhang, L. Lu, Y. Han and P. Li. 2005. [Fossil eggs from the Heyuan Basin, east-central Guangdong, China]. Geological Bulletin of China 24(7):682–686

Belongs to Paraspheroolithus according to X. Fang et al. 2005

See also Tanaka et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Paraspheroolithus irenensis, Paraspheroolithus yangchengensis

Type specimen: 05HY-7, an egg. Its type locality is Sanwangba, Heyuan, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Dongyuan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Sanwangba, Heyuan

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