Nanhsiungoolithus is an oogenus (fossil-egg genus) of dinosaur egg from the late Cretaceous of China. It belongs to the oofamily Elongatoolithidae, which means that it was probably laid by an oviraptorosaur, though so far no skeletal remains have been discovered in association with Nanhsiungoolithus. The oogenus contains only a single described oospecies, N. chuetienensis. It is fairly rare, only being know from two partially preserved nests and a few eggshell fragments.
embryo must breathe, eggshells such as Nanhsiungoolithus have pores to allow for gas exchange. In Nanhsiungoolithus, the pores are sparsely spaced on most...
Elongatoolithus and the closely related oogenera Macroolithus and Nanhsiungoolithus were the first oogenera described in this system. These oogenera are...
parallel to Linnaean taxonomy. Macroolithus, Elongatoolithus, and Nanhsiungoolithus were the first oogenera ever named in this system; they were classified...
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