Prismatoolithidae

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Prismatoolithidae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Eggshell classification
Basic shell type: Dinosauroid-prismatic
Oofamily: Prismatoolithidae
Oogenera

Prismatoolithidae is an oofamily of fossil eggs. They may have been laid by Ornithopods or Theropods[3][1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 N. López-Martínez and E. Vicens. 2012. A new peculiar dinosaur egg, Sankofa pyrenaica oogen. nov. oosp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous coastal deposits of the Aren Formation, South-Central Pyrenees, Lleida, Catalonia, Spin. Palaeontology 55(2):325-339
  2. E. S. Bray. 1999. Eggs and eggshell from the Upper Cretaceous North Horn Formation, central Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:361-375
  3. Konstantin E. Mikhailov, Emily S. Bray & Karl E. Hirsch (1996). "Parataxonomy of fossil egg remains (Veterovata): basic principles and applications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 (4): 763–769. doi:10.1080/02724634.1996.10011364. JSTOR 4523773. 
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