Genre
Taxon formel Éteint

Dictyoolithus

Zhao 1994

Dictyoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Cretaceous of China. It is notable for having over five superimposed layers of eggshell units. Possibly, it was laid by megalosauroid dinosaurs.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
3
Groupe
Dinosaures
Terrestre
Dictyoolithus
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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
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Dictyoolithidae Famille
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Dictyoolithus Genre
Sites de découverte 3 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇨🇳 Chine
2
🇲🇳 Mongolie
1
Formations géologiques
Ulaanoosh
1
Chichengshan
1
Liuyemiao
1
Distribution temporelle
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Cénomanien (100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Espèces (2)
Dictyoolithus hongpoensis 101 Ma
Dictyoolithus lishuiensis
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
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
Bibliographie (3)
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 ↗
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