Elongatoolithid eggs in the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type:
Ornithoid
Morphotype:
Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily:
†Elongatoolithidae Zhao, 1975
Oogenera
Ellipsoolithus
Elongatoolithus (type)
Heishanoolithus
Macroelongatoolithus
Macroolithus
Nanhsiungoolithus
Paraelongatoolithus
Rodolphoolithus
Trachoolithus
Undulatoolithus
Elongatoolithidae is an oofamily of fossil eggs, representing the eggs of oviraptorosaurs (with the exception of the avian Ornitholithus). They are known for their highly elongated shape. Elongatoolithids have been found in Europe, Asia, and both North and South America.[1]
^Simon, D. J. (2014). "Giant Dinosaur (theropod) Eggs of the Oogenus Macroelongatoolithus (Elongatoolithidae) from Southeastern Idaho: Taxonomic, Paleobiogeographic, and Reproductive Implications." (Doctoral dissertation, Montana State University, Bozeman).
Elongatoolithidae is an oofamily of fossil eggs, representing the eggs of oviraptorosaurs (with the exception of the avian Ornitholithus). They are known...
single oospecies: M. xixiaensis. It was classified in the oofamily Elongatoolithidae. Later in the same year, Wang and Zhou described Longiteresoolithus...
oogenus (fossil-egg genus) of dinosaur egg belonging to the oofamily Elongatoolithidae. The type oospecies, M. rugustus, was originally described under the...
sister taxon to oviraptorosaur eggs, most of which belong to the Elongatoolithidae. Their results are displayed in the cladogram below: Wu, Rui; Niu...
Wang, Xiaolin; Li, Ning; Zou, Songlin (2013-12-10). "A new form of Elongatoolithidae, Undulatoolithus pengi oogen. et oosp. nov. from Pingxiang, Jiangxi...
and Nanhsiungoolithus in Elongatoolithidae. He mentioned that several Mongolian eggs were referable to Elongatoolithidae or Elongatoolithus. He also...
Elongatoolithus and Macroolithus, including them in a new oofamily: the Elongatoolithidae. As the name implies, they represent elongated dinosaur eggs, including...
and partially skeletons from several specimens." A caenagnathid. Elongatoolithidae indet. Indeterminate Bügiin Tsav "Three eggs containing embryonic...
and lower jaw An oviraptorid with a distinct cassowary-like crest Elongatoolithidae indet. Indeterminate Three eggs with embryonic remains. Oviraptorid...
egg from the late Cretaceous of China. It belongs to the oofamily Elongatoolithidae, which means that it was probably laid by an oviraptorosaur, though...
recovered from the Jingangkou Formation of the Wangshi Group. Saurischia Elongatoolithidae Elongatoolithus elongatus Neornithischia Ovaloolithidae Ovaloolithus...
"Giant Dinosaur (theropod) Eggs of the Oogenus Macroelongatoolithus (Elongatoolithidae) from Southeastern Idaho: Taxonomic, Paleobiogeographic, and Reproductive...
"Giant Dinosaur (theropod) Eggs of the Oogenus Macroelongatoolithus (Elongatoolithidae) from Southeastern Idaho: Taxonomic, Paleobiogeographic, and Reproductive...
Undulatoolithus is an oogenus of Chinese fossil dinosaur egg belonging to Elongatoolithidae. It is very similar to Macroolithus, but has different ornamentation...
long) are similar to the eggs of oviraptorid dinosaurs (oofamily Elongatoolithidae), but have a distinctive type of ornamentation. Continuoolithus nests...
Dictyoolithus to be a theropod egg more basal than Prismatoolithidae, Elongatoolithidae, and avian eggs, so they considered it to be the eggs of a megalosauroid...
Giant dinosaur (theropod) eggs of the oogenus Macroelongatoolithus (Elongatoolithidae) from southeastern Idaho: Taxonomic, paleobiogeographic, and reproductive...
and have therefore been assigned to the oofamily (egg-taxon family) Elongatoolithidae. The eggshells are relatively thin, between 1 and 1.2 mm (0.03 and...
Tubercuoolithus should be classified in. It is similar in microstructure to Elongatoolithidae, but different in ornamentation. Its ornamentation is similar to that...
dorsal vertebra, incomplete dorsal rib and ischium." An ankylosaurid Elongatoolithidae sp. Indeterminate "145 egg shells probably laid by oviraptorids."...
Wang, X.-L. Wang, Z.-K. Zhao and Y.-G. Jiang. 2010. A new oogenus of Elongatoolithidae from the Upper Cretaceous Chichengshan Formation of Tiantai Basin...
Cretaceous oogenus of Chinese fossil egg, classified in the oofamily Elongatoolithidae, which represents the eggs of oviraptorosaurs. Paraelongatoolithus...
"Giant Dinosaur (theropod) Eggs of the Oogenus Macroelongatoolithus (Elongatoolithidae) from Southeastern Idaho: Taxonomic, Paleobiogeographic, and Reproductive...
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