Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Similifaveoloolithus

Wang et al. 2011

Similifaveoloolithus is an oogenus of fossil dinosaur egg from the Tiantai basin in Zhejiang Province, China. It is the sole known oospecies of the oofamily Similifaveoloolithidae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Similifaveoloolithidae Family
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Similifaveoloolithus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
4
Geological formations
Chichengshan
3
Quantou
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
3
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Similifaveoloolithus gongzhulingensis 121 Ma
Similifaveoloolithus shuangtangensis 101 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
Q. Wang, Z.-K. Zhao, and X.-L. Wang, Y.-G. Jiang. 2011. New ootypes of dinosaur eggs from the Late Cretaceous in Tiantai Bain, Zhejiang Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49(4):446-449
Bibliography (3)
Q. Wang, Z.-K. Zhao, and X.-L. Wang, Y.-G. Jiang. 2011. New ootypes of dinosaur eggs from the Late Cretaceous in Tiantai Bain, Zhejiang Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49(4):446-449
Q. Wang, S.-q. Zan, and L.-y. Jin, J. Chen. 2006. [A new oospecies, Dictyoolithus gongzhulingensis, from the Early Cretaceous Quantou Formation in the central Jilin Province]. Journal of Jilin University (Earth Science Edition) 36(2):153-157
X. Fang, L. Lu, and Y. Jiang, L. Yang. 2003. [Cretaceous fossil eggs from the Tiantai basin of Zhejiang, with a discussion on the extinction of dinosaurs]. Geological Bulletin of China 22(7):512-520