Elongatoolithus
| Elongatoolithus Temporal range: Cretaceous
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| E. excellens nest in CosmoCaixa Barcelona | |
Egg fossil classification 
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| Basic shell type: | Ornithoid |
| Morphotype: | Ornithoid-ratite |
| Oofamily: | †Elongatoolithidae |
| Oogenus: | †Elongatoolithus Zhao, 1975 |
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Elongatoolithus is an oogenus of Cretaceous small-to-medium sized theropod dinosaurs.[1] The smallest species in this oogenus are E. excellens and the largest E. andrewsi and E. frustrabilis. The oogenus is smaller than Macroolithus.[2] Fossils of this oogenus have been found in the fluvial, lacustrine and continental Pingling, Subashi, Jingangkou, Donggou, Yuanpu,[3] and Daijiaping Formations of China, the Nemegt, Barun Goyot,[4] and Djadokhta Formations of Mongolia and the El Castellar Formation of Spain.[5]
Species
The following species of the oogenus are identified:[5]
- E. andrewsi
- E. chichengshanensis
- E. elongatus
- E. excellens
- E. frustrabilis
- E. laijiaensis
- E. magnus
- E. sigillarius
- E. subtitectorius
- E. taipinghuensis
References
- ^ Mikhailov, 1997, p.62
- ^ Mikhailov, 1997, p.64
- ^ Carpenter et al., 1996, p.187
- ^ Carpenter, 1999, p.267
- ^ a b Elongatoolithus at Fossilworks.org
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