Biology:Ellipsoolithus

Short description: Dinosaur egg

Ellipsoolithus Temporal range: Maastrichtian ~72–66 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type:	Ornithoid
Morphotype:	Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily:	†Elongatoolithidae
Oogenus:	†Ellipsoolithus Mohabey 1998

Ellipsoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. It contains only a single oospecies, E. khedaensis. The species was found in the Upper Sandy Carbonate Member of the Lameta Formation of India. These eggs were probably laid by a theropod dinosaur.

See also

• List of dinosaur oogenera

References

Bibliography

• D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362

Wikidata ☰ Q5365781 entry