Genus
Formal taxon Extinct

Phaceloolithus

Zeng and Zhang 1979

Phaceloolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg found in the Fenshui'ao Formation of the Dongting Basin of the Hunan Province of China. The eggs have a subspherical shape, measuring up to 168 mm on the long axis, and having a very thin shell.

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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Phaceloolithidae Family
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Phaceloolithus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Fenshui'ao
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Phaceloolithus hunanensis 101 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
D.-m. Zeng and J.-j. Zhang. 1979. On the dinosaurian eggs from the western Dongting Basin, Hunan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17(2):131-136
Bibliography (1)
D.-m. Zeng and J.-j. Zhang. 1979. On the dinosaurian eggs from the western Dongting Basin, Hunan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17(2):131-136