Reptilia - Theropoda - Laevisoolithidae
Full reference: K. Tanaka, D. K. Zelenitsky, F. Therrien, T. Ikeda, K. Kubota, H. Saegusa, T. Tanaka and K. Ikuno. 2020. Exceptionally small theropod eggs from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation of Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Cretaceous Research 114:104519:1-14
Belongs to Subtiliolithus according to S. E. Oser et al. 2021
See also Tanaka et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Subtiliolithus kachchhensis, Subtiliolithus microtuberculatus
Type specimen: MNHAH D1-040096, an egg. Its type locality is Kamitaki Bonebed Quarry, Tamba City, which is in an Albian floodplain mudstone in the Ohyamashimo Formation of Japan.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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