Paradictyoolithus

Paradictyoolithus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Eggshell classification
Basic shell type:	†Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily:	†Dictyoolithidae
Oogenus:	†Paradictyoolithus Wang et al., 2013
Species
†P. zhuangqianensis Wang et al., 2013 (type) †P. xiaxishanensis Wang et al., 2013

Paradictyoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Zhejiang Province, China. They are nearly spherical, with a thin eggshell (1.8-2.2 mm). They have very similar microstructures to those of Dictyoolithus, with reticulate organization of the eggshell units. They shells are made up of three or four superimposed layers of eggshell units, unlike Dictyoolithus. The two known oospecies are distinguished by their pore structure.^[1]

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