Prismatoolithidae

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[4][1]

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ Moreno-Azanza, M.; Canudo, J.I.; Gasca, J.M. (2014). "Unusual theropod eggshells from the Early Cretaceous Blesa Formation of the Iberian Range, Spain" (PDF). Acta Paleontologica Polonica. 59 (4): 843–854.
  4. ↑ 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. JSTOR 4523773. doi:10.1080/02724634.1996.10011364.


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