Reptilia - Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae
Full reference: K. E. Mikhailov. 1994. Theropod and protoceratopsian dinosaur eggs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 28:101-120
Belongs to Elongatoolithus according to K. E. Mikhailov 2000
See also Mikhailov 1994, Norell et al. 2018, Simon et al. 2019 and Watabe 2004
Sister taxa: Elongatoolithus andrewsi, Elongatoolithus chichengshanensis, Elongatoolithus chimeiensis, Elongatoolithus elongatus, Elongatoolithus excellens, Elongatoolithus jianchangensis, Elongatoolithus laijiaensis, Elongatoolithus magnus, Elongatoolithus sigillarius, Elongatoolithus subtitectorius, Elongatoolithus taipinghuensis, Elongatoolithus yangjiagouensis
Type specimen: PIN 3143-126, an egg. Its type locality is Tugrikiyn-Shire [SMPE] (PIN coll. 3143), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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