†Spongioolithus hirschi Bray 1999 (theropod)
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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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