Spheroolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg.[1]

Spheroolithus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
~99.6–66 Ma
Spheroolithus eggs from China
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Basic shell type: Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily: Spheroolithidae
Oogenus: Spheroolithus
Zhao, 1979
Synonyms
  • Paraspheroolithus Zhao, 1979

Oospecies

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The following species are described:[2]

  • Paraspheroolithus sanwangbacunensis
  • Paraspheroolithus yangchengensis
  • Spheroolithus albertensis
  • Spheroolithus choteauensis
  • Spheroolithus europaeus
  • Spheroolithus irenensis
  • Spheroolithus jincunensis
  • Spheroolithus maiasauroides
  • Spheroolithus megadermus
  • Spheroolithus spheroides
  • Spheroolithus tenuicorticus

Distribution

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Fossils of the oogenus were found in:[2]

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See also

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References

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Bibliography

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  • Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
  • Z. Zhao. 1979. [Advances in the study of fossil dinosaur eggs in our country]. Mesozoic and Cenozoic red beds of South China; selected papers from the field conference on the South China Cretaceous-Early Tertiary red beds. Science Press, Beijing 330-340