Reptilia - Theropoda - Dendroolithidae

Full reference: H. Zhao and Z. Zhao. 1998. [Dinosaur eggs from Xichuan Basin, Henan province]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(4):282–296

Belongs to Placoolithus according to H. Zhao and Z. Zhao 1998

See also Cousin 2002, Liang et al. 2009, Mikhailov 1997, Zhang et al. 2018 and Zhou and Feng 2002

Sister taxa: Placoolithus tiantaiensis, Placoolithus tumiaolingensis

Type specimen: IVPP V11569.1 (field no. 7530), an egg (nest with 9 eggs). Its type locality is Majiacun, Taohe (IVPP Loc. 7530), which is in a Coniacian/Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Majiacun Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Majiacun, Taohe (IVPP Loc. 7530)

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