Reptilia - Saurischia - Elongatoolithidae

Full reference: X. Fang, Z. Zhang, Q. Pang, P. Li, Y. Han, H. Xie, R. Yan, F. Pang, J. and Z. Cheng. 2007. [Cretaceous strata and egg fossils in Xixia, Henan province]. Acta Geoscientia Sinica 28(2):123–142

Belongs to Elongatoolithus according to X. Fang et al. 2007

See also Tanaka et al. 2016 and Wang et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Elongatoolithus andrewsi, Elongatoolithus chichengshanensis, Elongatoolithus chimeiensis, Elongatoolithus elongatus, Elongatoolithus excellens, Elongatoolithus frustrabilis, Elongatoolithus jianchangensis, Elongatoolithus laijiaensis, Elongatoolithus magnus, Elongatoolithus sigillarius, Elongatoolithus subtitectorius, Elongatoolithus taipinghuensis

Type specimen: 05YJG-1, an egg. Its type locality is Hongshan Reservoir-Danyan Survey section (bed 16), which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial siltstone/siltstone in the Zoumagang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hongshan Reservoir-Danyan Survey section (bed 16)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.