Biology:Trachoolithus

Trachoolithus; Temporal range: Aptian-Maastrichtian; ~120–66 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:	†Trachoolithus; Mikhailov, 1994
Oospecies
	T. faticanus;

Short description: Dinosaur egg

Trachoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. It only contains the oospecies T. faticanus, found in the Lameta Formation of India and the Dushihin Formation of Mongolia.^[1]

References

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

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Trachoolithus Temporal range: Aptian-Maastrichtian ~120–66 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:	†Trachoolithus Mikhailov, 1994
Oospecies
T. faticanus