Reptilia - Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae
Full reference: Z. Zhao. 1979. [Advances in the study of fossil dinosaur eggs in our country]. Mesozoic and Cenozoic red beds of South China; selected papers from the field conference on the South China Cretaceous-Early Tertiary red beds. Science Press, Beijing 330-340
Parent taxon: Spheroolithidae according to K. Tanaka et al. 2023
See also Cousin 2002, Fang et al. 2003, Liang et al. 2009, Mikhailov 2000, Mikhailov 1994, Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014, Zhang et al. 2017, Zhao 1979, Zhao 1994 and Zhao et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Guegoolithus, Spheroolithus
Subtaxa: Paraspheroolithus irenensis Paraspheroolithus sanwangbacunensis Paraspheroolithus yangchengensis
Type: Spheroolithus irenensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (11 collections), Mongolia (4)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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