Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Protoceratopsidovum

Mikhailov 1994

Protoceratopsidovum is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from Mongolia. Despite its name, it does not represent the eggs of a protoceratopsid, but rather the eggs of maniraptoran theropods.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
16
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Prismatoolithidae Family
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Protoceratopsidovum Genus
Fossil sites 16 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
16
Geological formations
Djadokhta
7
Baruungoyot
7
Baynshire
2
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
14
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
2
Species (3)
Protoceratopsidovum fluxuosum 84 Ma
Protoceratopsidovum minimum 101 Ma
Protoceratopsidovum sincerum 84 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
K. E. Mikhailov. 1994. Theropod and protoceratopsian dinosaur eggs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 28:101-120
Bibliography (4)
K. Tanaka, D. K. Zelenitsky, and F. Therrien, Y. Lee, K. Kubota, Y. Kobayashi, G. F. Funston, T. Khishigjav. 2023. Description and review of non-avian dinosaur eggs from Cretaceous deposits of the Mongolian Gobi Desert. Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution: Essays in Honor of Louis L. Jacobs
S. Suzuki and M. Watabe. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1998. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:83-98
S. Suzuki and M. Watabe. 2000. Report on the Japan-Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1995. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:45-57
K. E. Mikhailov. 1994. Theropod and protoceratopsian dinosaur eggs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 28:101-120