Reptilia - Saurischia - Elongatoolithidae
Full reference: K. E. Mikhailov. 1994. Theropod and protoceratopsian dinosaur eggs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 28:101-120
Belongs to Elongatoolithus according to K. E. Mikhailov 2000
See also Mikhailov 1994, Mikhailov 1997, Norell et al. 2018, Simon et al. 2019, Tanaka et al. 2023 and Watabe 2004
Sister taxa: Elongatoolithus andrewsi, Elongatoolithus chichengshanensis, Elongatoolithus chimeiensis, Elongatoolithus elongatus, Elongatoolithus excellens, Elongatoolithus jianchangensis, Elongatoolithus laijiaensis, Elongatoolithus magnus, Elongatoolithus sigillarius, Elongatoolithus subtitectorius, Elongatoolithus taipinghuensis, Elongatoolithus yangjiagouensis
Type specimen: PIN 3143-126, an egg. Its type locality is Tugrikiyn-Shire [SMPE] (PIN coll. 3143), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
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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