Stalicoolithus

Stalicoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Sanshui and Chichengshan Formations of the Tiantai Basin in Zhejiang Province. It is known from a single, complete fossil egg, notable for its spherical shape.[1]

Stalicoolithus
Temporal range: Cenomanian-Santonian
~99–85 Ma
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type: †Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily: †Stalicoolithidae
Oogenus: †Stalicoolithus
Wang, Wang, Zhao & Jiang, 2012
Oospecies
  • †Stalicoolithus shifengensis

See also

References
  1. Wang Q, Wang X L, Zhao Z K, and Jiang Y G. (2012). "A new oofamily of dinosaur egg from the Upper Cretaceous of Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, and its mechanism of eggshell formation" Chinese Science Bulletin. 57: 3740-3747. doi: 10.1007/s11434-012-5353-2


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