Species
Formal taxon Extinct

Spheroolithus europaeus

Sellés et al. 2014

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Spheroolithidae Family
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Spheroolithus Genus
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Spheroolithus europaeus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
2
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
A. G. Sellés, B. Vila, and Á. Galobart. 2014. Spheroolithus europaeus, oosp. nov. (Late Maastrichtian, Catalonia), the youngest oological record of hadrosauroids in Eurasia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):725-729 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
J. Hedge, R. T. Tucker, and P. J. Makovicky, L. E. Zanno. 2025. Fossil eggshell diversity of the Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah. PLOS ONE 20(2):e0314689:1-33 DOI ↗
M. Pérez-Pueyo, P. Cruzado-Caballero, and M. Moreno-Azanza, B. Vila, D. Castanera, J. M. Gasca, E. Puértolas-Pascual, B. Bádenas, J. I. Canudo. 2021. The tetrapod fossil record from the uppermost Maastrichtian of the Ibero-Armorican Island: an integrative review based on the outcrops of the western Tremp Syncline (Aragón, Huesca Province, NE Spain). Geosciences 11:162:1-38 DOI ↗
A. G. Sellés, B. Vila, and Á. Galobart. 2014. Spheroolithus europaeus, oosp. nov. (Late Maastrichtian, Catalonia), the youngest oological record of hadrosauroids in Eurasia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):725-729 DOI ↗