Reptilia - Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae
Alternative combination: Oolithes elongatus
Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1954. Fossil reptilian eggs from Laiyang, Shantung, China. Scientia Sinica 3(4):505-522
Belongs to Elongatoolithus according to K. E. Mikhailov 2000
See also Chao 1980, Chao and Chiang 1974, Chen 1983, Cheng et al. 1973, Chow 1954, Cousin 2002, Hirsch 1989, Liang et al. 2009, Mikhailov 1994, Moratalla and Powell 1994, Norell et al. 2018, Qi et al. 1986, Shen and Mateer 1992, Simon et al. 2019, Tanaka et al. 2012, Wang et al. 2012, Weishampel et al. 2008, Xing et al. 2020, Young 1954, Young 1959, Young 1965, Zhai et al. 1978, Zhang et al. 2017, Zhao 1975, Zhao 1978, Zhao 1979, Zhao 1994, Zhao et al. 1991, Zhao et al. 2013 and Zhou and Feng 2002
Sister taxa: Elongatoolithus andrewsi, Elongatoolithus chichengshanensis, Elongatoolithus chimeiensis, Elongatoolithus excellens, Elongatoolithus frustrabilis, Elongatoolithus jianchangensis, Elongatoolithus laijiaensis, Elongatoolithus magnus, Elongatoolithus sigillarius, Elongatoolithus subtitectorius, Elongatoolithus taipinghuensis, Elongatoolithus yangjiagouensis
Type specimen: IVPP V734, an egg. Its type locality is Tungkou, Chinkangkou, Laiyang, which is in a Campanian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Jingangkou Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (18 collections)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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