Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ovaloolithidae
Full reference: K. E. Mikhailov. 1994. Eggs of sauropod and ornithopod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous deposits of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 28(3):141–159
Belongs to Ovaloolithus according to K. E. Mikhailov 2000
See also Mikhailov 1994, Tanaka et al. 2023 and Zhang and Wang 2010
Sister taxa: Ovaloolithus chinkangkouensis, Ovaloolithus huangtulingensis, Ovaloolithus laminadermus, Ovaloolithus mixistriatus, Ovaloolithus monostriatus, Ovaloolithus sangpingensis, Ovaloolithus tenuisus, Ovaloolithus tristriatus, Ovaloolithus turpanensis, Ovaloolithus utahensis, Ovaloolithus weiqiaoensis
Type specimen: PIN 4231-1, an egg. Its type locality is Altan Ula III [SMPE] (PIN coll. 4231), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial /sandstone in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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