Earth:Oblongoolithus

Oblongoolithus; Temporal range: Campanian; ~80–70 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type:	Ornithoid
Morphotype:	Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily:	†Oblongoolithidae
Oogenus:	†Oblongoolithus; Mikhailov, 1996
Oospecies
	O. glaber

Short description: Dinosaur egg

Oblongoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur eggs, from the Campanian Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. The oogenus contains one oospecies O. glaber.^[1]

References

Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
K. E. Mikhailov. 1996. New genera of fossil eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30(2):246-248

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Oblongoolithus Temporal range: Campanian ~80–70 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type:	Ornithoid
Morphotype:	Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily:	†Oblongoolithidae
Oogenus:	†Oblongoolithus Mikhailov, 1996
Oospecies
O. glaber