Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ovaloolithidae
Full reference: 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 99-1:361-375
Belongs to Ovaloolithus according to E. S. Bray 1999
Sister taxa: Ovaloolithus chinkangkouensis, Ovaloolithus dinornithoides, Ovaloolithus huangtulingensis, Ovaloolithus laminadermus, Ovaloolithus mixistriatus, Ovaloolithus monostriatus, Ovaloolithus sangpingensis, Ovaloolithus tristriatus, Ovaloolithus turpanensis, Ovaloolithus utahensis, Ovaloolithus weiqiaoensis
Type specimen: UCM73463, an egg (eggshell fragments). Its type locality is Site 3, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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