Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Polyclonoolithus

Xie et al. 2016

Polyclonoolithus is an oogenus of fossil dinosaur egg. It is from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu, China. They have distinctive, branching eggshell units, which may represent the original form of spheroolithids.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Polyclonoolithidae Family
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Polyclonoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
5
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Polyclonoolithus yangjiagouensis 126 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
J.-F. Xie, S.-K. Zhang, and X.-S. Jin, D.-Q. Li, L.-Q. Zhou. 2016. A new type of dinosaur eggs from Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 54(1):79-88
Bibliography (1)
J.-F. Xie, S.-K. Zhang, and X.-S. Jin, D.-Q. Li, L.-Q. Zhou. 2016. A new type of dinosaur eggs from Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 54(1):79-88