Reptilia - Theropoda - 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, Tanaka et al. 2016, Tanaka et al. 2023 and Watabe 2004

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

Type specimen: PIN 522-402, an egg. Its type locality is Tsagan Hushu [MPE/SMGE] (PIN coll. 552), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tsagan Hushu [MPE/SMGE] (PIN coll. 552)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.