Alternative combination: Coralloidoolithus microporosus
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 Dendroolithus according to K. E. Mikhailov 2000
See also Mikhailov 1994, Mikhailov 1997, Tanaka et al. 2023 and Zhang et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Dendroolithus dendriticus, Dendroolithus fengguangcunensis, Dendroolithus furcatus, Dendroolithus sanlimiaoensis, Dendroolithus wangdianensis, Dendroolithus xichuanensis, Dendroolithus zhaoyingensis
Type specimen: PIN 4476-1, an egg. Its type locality is Shiljust-Ula [SMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian wet floodplain sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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