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Prismatoolithus

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Prismatoolithus
Temporal range: Hauterivian-Maastrichtian
~130–66 Ma
Prismatoolithus tiantaiensis eggs, Paleozoological Museum of China
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Basic shell type: Dinosauroid-prismatic
Oofamily: Prismatoolithidae
Oogenus: Prismatoolithus
Oospecies
  • P. caboti
  • P. gebiensis
  • P. hanshuiensis
  • P. heyuanensis
  • P. hirschi
  • P. hukouensis
  • P. ilekensis
  • P. jenseni
  • P. levis
  • P. matellensis
  • P. tenuis
  • P. tiantaiensis
  • P. trempii

Prismatoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Maastrichtian) and possibly also the earliest Paleocene. They likely belonged to troodontids[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
  2. ^ Mateus, I, H Mateus, MT Antunes, O Mateus, P Taquet, V Ribeiro, G Manuppella. 1998. Upper Jurassic theropod dinosaur embryos from Lourinhã (Portugal). Memórias da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa 37, 101-110