Reptilia - Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae
Full reference: D. K. Zelenitsky, L. V. Hills, and P. J. Currie. 1996. Parataxonomic classification of ornithoid eggshell fragments from the Oldman Formation (Judith River Group; Upper Cretaceous), southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33:1655-1667
Belongs to Porituberoolithus according to D. K. Zelenitsky et al. 1996
See also Currie and Koppelhus 2015, Garcia et al. 2003, Oser et al. 2021, Sellés et al. 2014, Tanaka et al. 2011, Vianey-Liaud and Garcia 2003 and Zelenitsky and Sloboda 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: RTMP 94.157.60, an egg. Its type locality is Little Diablo's Hill, Devil's Coulee, which is in a Campanian terrestrial mudstone in the Oldman Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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