Mosaicoolithus

Mosaicoolithus; Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Egg fossil classification
Oofamily:	incertae sedis
Oogenus:	†Mosaicoolithus; Wang et al., 2011
Oospecies
	†M. zhangtoucaoensis Fang et. al 2000 (type);

Mosaicoolithus is an oogenus of fossil egg from 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.

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[Wang_et_al_2011-1] 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.

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