Spheroolithus quantouensis Zhang 2022 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae

Full reference: S.-K. Zhang. 2022. A revision of the eggshell fragment of Spheroolithus megadermus from Laiyang, Shandong Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 60(1):59-68

Belongs to Spheroolithus according to S.-K. Zhang 2022

Sister taxa: Spheroolithus albertensis, Spheroolithus chiangchiungtingensis, Spheroolithus choteauensis, Spheroolithus europaeus, Spheroolithus jincunensis, Spheroolithus maiasauroides, Spheroolithus spheroides

Type specimen: DLNHM D154, an egg. Its type locality is 1 km southwest of Quantou railway station, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial horizon in the Quantou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at 1 km southwest of Quantou railway station

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