Spongioolithus hirschi Bray 1999 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae

Full reference: E. S. Bray. 1999. Eggs and eggshell from the Upper Cretaceous North Horn Formation, central Utah. Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:361-375

Belongs to Spongioolithus according to A. G. Sellés et al. 2014

See also Bray 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCM 47620, an egg (eggshell fragments). Its type locality is One Egg Locality, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (6: Utah collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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