Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Placoolithus

Zhao 1979

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Placoolithus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptoriformes Unranked clade
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Therizinosauria Unranked clade
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Therizinosauroidea Superfamily
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Dendroolithidae Family
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Placoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
4
Geological formations
Gaogou
3
Majiacun
1
Temporal distribution
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
4
Species (5)
Dendroolithus hongzhaiziensis subjective synonym of Placoolithus tumiaolingensis 90 Ma
Paradendroolithus qinglongshanensis subjective synonym of Placoolithus tumiaolingensis 90 Ma
Placoolithus taohensis 90 Ma
Placoolithus tiantaiensis
Placoolithus tumiaolingensis 90 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Paradendroolithus subjective synonym of Placoolithus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Zhao. 1979. [Advances in the study of fossil dinosaur eggs in our country]. Mesozoic and Cenozoic red beds of South China; selected papers from the field conference on the South China Cretaceous-Early Tertiary red beds. Science Press, Beijing
Bibliography (2)
S. Zhang, T. Yang, and Z. Li, Y. Hu. 2018. New dinosaur egg material from Yunxian, Hubei Province, China resolves the classification of dendroolithid eggs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(4):671-678 DOI ↗
H. Zhao and Z. Zhao. 1998. [Dinosaur eggs from Xichuan Basin, Henan province]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(4):282–296