Elongatoolithus magnus Zeng and Zhang 1979 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae

Full reference: D.-m. Zeng and J.-j. Zhang. 1979. On the dinosaurian eggs from the western Dongting Basin, Hunan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17(2):131-136

Belongs to Elongatoolithus according to K. E. Mikhailov 2000

Sister taxa: Elongatoolithus andrewsi, Elongatoolithus chichengshanensis, Elongatoolithus chimeiensis, Elongatoolithus elongatus, Elongatoolithus excellens, Elongatoolithus frustrabilis, Elongatoolithus jianchangensis, Elongatoolithus laijiaensis, Elongatoolithus sigillarius, Elongatoolithus subtitectorius, Elongatoolithus taipinghuensis, Elongatoolithus yangjiagouensis

Type specimen: NO 76901, an egg. Its type locality is Dongting Basin west, egg site, which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial siliciclastic in the Fenshui'ao Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dongting Basin west, egg site

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