Placoolithus Zhao 1979 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Dendroolithidae

Synonym: Paradendroolithus Zhou and Ren

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: Dendroolithidae according to S. Zhang et al. 2018

See also Chen et al. 2025, Cousin 2002, Liang et al. 2009, Mikhailov 1994, Mikhailov 1997, Zhao 1979 and Zhao and Zhao 1998

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Placoolithus taohensis Placoolithus tiantaiensis Placoolithus tumiaolingensis

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Type: Placoolithus taohensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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