Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Protodictyoolithus

Wang et al. 2012

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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PBDB ↗
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Dictyoolithidae Family
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Protodictyoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇰🇷 South Korea
4
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Goseong
4
Gaogou
1
Jiangjunding
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
4
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
2
Species (2)
Protodictyoolithus jiangi 90 Ma
Protodictyoolithus neixiangensis 94 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
X.-l. Wang, Q. Wang, and S.-x. Jiang, X. Cheng, J.-l. Zhang, Z.-k. Zhao, Y.-g. Jiang. 2012. Dinosaur egg faunas of the Upper Cretaceous terrestrial red beds of China and their stratigraphical significance. Journal of Stratigraphy 36(2):400-416
Bibliography (3)
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
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
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