Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Dictyoolithus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Dictyoolithidae Family
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Dictyoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Ulaanoosh
1
Chichengshan
1
Liuyemiao
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Species (2)
Dictyoolithus hongpoensis 101 Ma
Dictyoolithus lishuiensis
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 (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