Coralloidoolithus Wang et al. 2012 (dinosaur)

Reptilia - Stalicoolithidae

Full reference: Q. Wang, X. Wang, Z. Zhao and Y. Jiang. 2012. A new oofamily of dinosaur egg from the Upper Cretaceous of Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, and its mechanism of eggshell formation. Chinese Science Bulletin 57(28–29):3740-3747

Parent taxon: Stalicoolithidae according to K. Tanaka et al. 2023

See also Wang et al. 2012 and Zhang et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Shixingoolithus, Stalicoolithus

Subtaxa: Coralloidoolithus shizuiwanensis Coralloidoolithus verrucarius

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (7 collections), Mongolia (7), South Korea (3)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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