Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Tubercuoolithus

Jackson and Varricchio 2010

Tubercuoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the early Campanian of Montana.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Tubercuoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
2
🇲🇽 Mexico
1
Geological formations
El Gallo
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Tubercuoolithus tetonensis 84 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
F. D. Jackson and D. J. Varricchio. 2010. Fossil eggs and eggshell from the lowermost Two Medicine Formation of western Montana, Sevenmile Hill locality. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(4):1142-1156 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
J. S. Cabrera-Hernández, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, and P. D. Roy, D. E. Fastovsky. 2022. Eggshells assemblages and stable isotope composition in the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) El Gallo Formation of Baja California, Mexico: Paleoenvironmental inferences. Cretaceous Research 138(78):105265 DOI ↗
F. D. Jackson and D. J. Varricchio. 2010. Fossil eggs and eggshell from the lowermost Two Medicine Formation of western Montana, Sevenmile Hill locality. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(4):1142-1156 DOI ↗