Mosaicoolithus
Mosaicoolithus | |
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Egg fossil classification ![]() | |
Oofamily: | incertae sedis |
Oogenus: | †Mosaicoolithus Wang et al., 2011 |
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Mosaicoolithus is an oogenus of fossil egg from the Cenomanian () and Albian to Cenomanian Laijia Formation () of Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province in China. Its classification is uncertain. The eggs are spherical, and 8.8 cm in diameter. It is distinctive for having irregular pore canals, sometimes filled by secondary shell units. Originally, it was classified as two separate oospecies of Spheroolithus: S. zhangtoucaoensis and S. jincunensis. However, these oospecies were synonymized and placed into a new oogenus by Wang et al. (2011).[1]
References[]
- ^ Wang Qiang, Zhao Zi-kui, Wang Xiao-lin, and Jiang Yan-gen. (2011) "New ootypes of dinosaur eggs from the Late Cretaceous in Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, China." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49(4):446-449.
Categories:
- Egg fossils
- Albian life
- Cenomanian life
- Cretaceous animals of Asia
- Cretaceous China
- Fossils of China
- Fossil parataxa described in 2011
- Egg fossil stubs