Family
Formal taxon Extinct

Dictyoolithidae

Zhao 1994

Dictyoolithidae is an oofamily of dinosaur eggs which have a distinctive reticulate organization of their eggshell units. They are so far known only from Cretaceous formations in China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
11
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Dictyoolithidae
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Dictyoolithidae indet. (eggs in middle), from Lishui, Zhejiang Museum of Natural History (Hangzhou) © Dlyj0604 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Dictyoolithidae Family
Fossil sites 11 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
6
🇰🇷 South Korea
4
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Goseong
4
Chichengshan
3
Ulaanoosh
1
Gaogou
1
Jiangjunding
1
Liuyemiao
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
5
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
2
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
4
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Z.-K. Zhao. 1994. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Bibliography (6)
Q. Wang, Z.-K. Zhao, and X.-L. Wang, S.-K. Zhang, Y.-G. Jiang. 2013. New forms of dictyoolithids from the Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province of China and a parataxonomic revision of the dictyoolithids. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51(1):43-54
J. Y. Kim, S. Y. Yang, and H. I. Choi, S. J. Seo, K. S. Kim. 2011. Dinosaur eggs from the Cretaceous Goseong Formation of Tongyeong City, southern coast of Korea. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 27(1):13-26
X. Jin, F. D. Jackson, and D. J. Varricchio, Y. Azuma, T. He. 2010. The first Dictyoolithus egg clutches from the Lishui Basin, Zhejiang Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):188-195 DOI ↗
J.-Y. Liu and Z.-K. Zhao. 2004. A new oospecies of the dinosaur eggs (Dictyoolithus) from Laiyang, Shandong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(2):166-170
Y. Ariunchimeg. 1997. Results of studies of dinosaur eggs. Abstract of Report Meeting, Mongolia-Japan Joint Paleontological Expedition
Z.-K. Zhao. 1994. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge