Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Rodolphoolithus

Vianey-Liaud and Garcia 2003

Rodolphoolithus is an oogenus of elongatoolithid egg native to the Irbzer Formation of Morocco. It is known only from a single partial egg and several eggshell fragments, but it probably had a highly elongated shape like other Elongatoolithids. They have an eggshell with two layers: a mamillary layer and a continuous layer. The mamillary layer is relatively thick ; it is one-half to two-thirds the thickness of the continuous layer. The ornamentation of its outer surface is ramotuberculate, i.e. covered with low, irregular ridges. The pore system cannot be observed due to recrystallization of the fossilized eggshell. Like other Elongatoolithids, Rodolphoolithus was laid by small theropods.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Elongatoolithidae Family
Rodolphoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Geological formations
Irbzer
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Rodolphoolithus arioul 72 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
M. Vianey-Liaud and G. Garcia. 2003. Diversity among North African dinosaur eggshells. Palaeovertebrata 32(2-4):171-188
Bibliography (1)
M. Vianey-Liaud and G. Garcia. 2003. Diversity among North African dinosaur eggshells. Palaeovertebrata 32(2-4):171-188