Prismatoolithus
Appearance
| Prismatoolithus | |
|---|---|
| Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis eggs, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
| Egg fossil classification | |
| Basic shell type: | â Dinosauroid-prismatic |
| Oofamily: | â Prismatoolithidae |
| Oogenus: | â Prismatoolithus |
| Oospecies | |
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Prismatoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Maastrichtian) and possibly also the earliest Paleocene. They likely belonged to troodontids.[1][2]
References
[edit]- â Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
- â Mateus, I, H Mateus, MT Antunes, O Mateus, P Taquet, V Ribeiro, G Manuppella. 1998. Upper Jurassic theropod dinosaur embryos from LourinhĂŁ (Portugal). MemĂłrias da Academia das CiĂȘncias de Lisboa 37, 101-110