Prismatoolithus

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Prismatoolithus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
P. jenseni eggs from the Wasatch Plateau
Egg fossil classification Edit this classification
Basic shell type: †Dinosauroid-prismatic
Oofamily: †Prismatoolithidae
Oogenus: †Prismatoolithus

Prismatoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. They likely belonged to troodontids.

References

  • Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
  • 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


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