Montanoolithus labadousensis Vila et al. 2017 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Montanoolithidae

Full reference: B. Vila, A. G. Selles, and J.-C. Beetschen. 2017. The controversial Les Labadous eggshells: A new and peculiar dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) ootype from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe. Cretaceous Research 72:117-123

Belongs to Montanoolithus according to B. Vila et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Montanoolithus strongorum

Type specimen: IPS-96485, an egg (one eggshell fragment). Its type locality is Labadous farm (F6), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial marl in the Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation of France.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Labadous farm (F6)

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