Macroelongatoolithus goseongensis Kim et al. 2011 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae

Full reference: J. Y. Kim, S. Y. Yang, H. I. Choi, S. J. Seo, and K. S. Kim. 2011. Dinosaur eggs from the Cretaceous Goseong Formation of Tongyeong City, southern coast of Korea. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 27(1):13-26

Belongs to Macroelongatoolithus according to J. Y. Kim et al. 2011

See also Huh et al. 2014 and Simon et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Macroelongatoolithus carlylei, Macroelongatoolithus xixia, Macroelongatoolithus zhangi, Megafusoolithus qiaoxianensis

Type specimen: KNUE 10101, an egg. Its type locality is Ddabakseom egg site, which is in a Campanian floodplain mudstone in the Goseong Formation of South Korea.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ddabakseom egg site

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