Reptilia - Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae
Alternative spelling: Sphereoolithus
Synonym: Paraspheroolithus Zhao 1979
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 S.-K. Zhang 2022
See also Cousin 2002, Fang et al. 2003, Jackson and Varricchio 2010, Liang et al. 2009, Liu et al. 2013, Mikhailov 2000, Mikhailov et al. 1994, Mohabey 2001, Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014, Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016, Sellés et al. 2014, Zelenitsky and Hills 1997, Zhang et al. 2017, Zhao 1979, Zhao 1994 and Zhao et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Guegoolithus
Subtaxa: Paraspheroolithus sanwangbacunensis Paraspheroolithus yangchengensis Spheroolithus albertensis Spheroolithus choteauensis Spheroolithus europaeus Spheroolithus irenensis Spheroolithus jincunensis Spheroolithus maiasauroides Spheroolithus quantouensis Spheroolithus spheroides Spheroolithus tenuicorticus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta collections), China (17), India (2), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (2), Spain (2), United States (7: Montana, Utah)
Total: 37 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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