Placoolithus Zhao 1979 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dendroolithidae

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 X. Liang et al. 2009

See also Cousin 2002 and Zhao 1979

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Placoolithus taohensis Placoolithus tiantaiensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Placoolithus in the database

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