Paradictyoolithus zhuangqianensis Wang et al. 2012 (dinosaur)

Reptilia - Dictyoolithidae

Full reference: X.-l. Wang, Q. Wang, S.-x. Jiang, X. Cheng, J.-l. Zhang, Z.-k. Zhao, and Y.-g. Jiang. 2012. Dinosaur egg faunas of the Upper Cretaceous terrestrial red beds of China and their stratigraphical significance. Journal of Stratigraphy 36(2):400-416

Belongs to Paradictyoolithus according to Q. Wang et al. 2013

See also Wang et al. 2012

Sister taxon: Paradictyoolithus xiaxishanensis

Type specimen: TTM18, an egg (nest with 3 eggs). Its type locality is Zhuangqian, Tiantai, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Chichengshan Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Zhuangqian, Tiantai

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