Full reference: J. Lee, N. A. Famoso, and A. Lin. 2024. Microtomography of an enigmatic fossil egg clutch from the Oligocene John Day Formation, Oregon, USA, reveals an exquisitely preserved 29-million-year-old fossil grasshopper ootheca. Parks Stewardship Forum 40(1):139-179
Belongs to Curvellipsoentomoolithus according to J. Lee et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: JODA 17384, an egg. Its type locality is JDNM-9, Blue Basin, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial claystone/tuff in the John Day Formation of Oregon.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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