Ellipsoolithus

Ellipsoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg.[1] It contains only a single oospecies, E. khedaensis. The species was found in the Upper Sandy Carbonate Member of the Lameta Formation of India. These eggs were probably laid by a theropod dinosaur.[2]

Ellipsoolithus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
~72–66 Ma
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type: Ornithoid
Morphotype: Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily: †Elongatoolithidae
Oogenus: †Ellipsoolithus
Mohabey 1998

See also
  • List of dinosaur oogenera

References
  1. Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
  2. D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362

Bibliography
  • D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362


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