Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Multifissoolithus

Zhang et al. 2019

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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PBDB ↗
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Dongyangoolithidae Family
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Multifissoolithus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
🇯🇵 Japan
1
Geological formations
Sujigahama
1
Chaochuan
1
Jiangjunding
1
Temporal distribution
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Species (3)
Multifissoolithus chianensis 113 Ma
Multifissoolithus megadermus 90 Ma
Multifissoolithus shimonosekiensis 121 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
S.-K. Zhang, J.-F. Xie, and X.-S. Jin, T.-M. Du, M.-Y. Huang. 2019. New type of dinosaur eggs from Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China and a revision of Dongyangoolithus nanmaensis. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 57(4):325-333 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
T. Imai, Y. Azuma, and H. Yukawa. 2021. New Early Cretaceous dinosaurian eggshell Multifissoolithus shimonosekiensis (Dinosauria, Dongyangoolithidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, southwestern Japan. Historical Biology 33(9):1760-1766 DOI ↗
S.-K. Zhang, J.-F. Xie, and X.-S. Jin, T.-M. Du, M.-Y. Huang. 2019. New type of dinosaur eggs from Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China and a revision of Dongyangoolithus nanmaensis. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 57(4):325-333 DOI ↗
C-C Young. 1959. On a new fossil egg from Laiyang, Shantung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 3(1):34-35