Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Preprismatoolithus

Zelenitsky and Hills 1996

Preprismatoolithus is a Late Jurassic oogenus. The species P. coloradensis is described by John Foster as being "of the prismatic basic type," with subspherical eggs about 10 cm (4 inches) in diameter. This oospecies was first attributed to "hypsilophodontid" dinosaurs, although an initial lack of associated embryo material made confirming the egg-layer's identity impossible. After a finding in Portugal associated prismatic basic types with embryos, it now is known to be theropod.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Prismatoolithidae Family
Preprismatoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
7
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
6
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Preprismatoolithus coloradensis 155 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Prismatoolithus replaced by Preprismatoolithus
Bibliography
Original description
D. K. Zelenitsky and L. V. Hills. 1996. An egg clutch of Prismatooiitlbus levis oosp. nov. from the Oldman Formation (Upper Cretaceous) Devil's Coulee, southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33:1127-1131 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426
K. F. Hirsch. 1994. Upper Jurassic eggshells from the Western Interior of North America. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge