Alternative combinations: Oolithes megadermus, Spheroolithus megadermus
Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1959. On a new fossil egg from Laiyang, Shantung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 3(1):34-35
Belongs to Multifissoolithus according to S.-K. Zhang 2022
See also Borgomanero and Leonardi 1981, Chao 1980, Chao and Chiang 1974, Jackson and Varricchio 2010, Liu et al. 2013, Mikhailov 2000, Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014, Sellés et al. 2014, Shen and Mateer 1992, Wang et al. 2012, Young 1959, Young 1965, Zhang et al. 2017, Zhao 1978, Zhao 1979 and Zhao et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Multifissoolithus chianensis, Multifissoolithus shimonosekiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is gully between Chiangchunting and Chaochun, Laiyang, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian terrestrial claystone in the Jiangjunding Formation of China
Distribution: found only at gully between Chiangchunting and Chaochun, Laiyang
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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