Spheroolithus jincunensis Fang et al. 2003 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae

Full reference: X. Fang, L. Lu, Y. Jiang and L. Yang. 2003. [Cretaceous fossil eggs from the Tiantai basin of Zhejiang, with a discussion on the extinction of dinosaurs]. Geological Bulletin of China 22(7):512-520

Belongs to Spheroolithus according to X. Fang et al. 2003

See also Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014 and Sellés et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Spheroolithus albertensis, Spheroolithus choteauensis, Spheroolithus europaeus, Spheroolithus irenensis, Spheroolithus maiasauroides, Spheroolithus quantouensis, Spheroolithus spheroides, Spheroolithus tenuicorticus, Paraspheroolithus yangchengensis, Paraspheroolithus sanwangbacunensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is south side, Tiantai Brewery, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Chichengshan Formation of China

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at south side, Tiantai Brewery

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