Tipoolithus achloujensis Garcia et al. 2003 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Laevisoolithidae

Full reference: G. Garcia, R. Tabuce, H. Cappetta, B. Marandat, I. Bentaleb, A. Benabdallah, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2003. First record of dinosaur eggshells and teeth from the north-west African Maastrichtian (Morocco). Palaeovertebrata 32(2–4):59-69

Belongs to Tipoolithus according to S. E. Oser et al. 2021

See also Garcia et al. 2003, Tanaka et al. 2016 and Vianey-Liaud and Garcia 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ACH2-06, an egg. Its type locality is Achlouj 2 (ACH2), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial mudstone in the Irbzer Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Achlouj 2 (ACH2)

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