Reptilia - Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae

Alternative combination: Elongatoolithus sigillaris

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, Tanaka et al. 2016, Tanaka et al. 2023 and Watabe 2004

Sister taxa: Elongatoolithus andrewsi, Elongatoolithus chichengshanensis, Elongatoolithus chimeiensis, Elongatoolithus elongatus, Elongatoolithus excellens, Elongatoolithus frustrabilis, Elongatoolithus jianchangensis, Elongatoolithus laijiaensis, Elongatoolithus magnus, Elongatoolithus subtitectorius, Elongatoolithus taipinghuensis, Elongatoolithus yangjiagouensis

Type specimen: PIN 4126-403, an egg. Its type locality is Gooreeliyn-Tsav [SMPE/SMGE[, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gooreeliyn-Tsav [SMPE/SMGE[

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