Porituberoolithus

Porituberoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg found in the late Campanian of Alberta. It was originally described as distinct from the Elongatoolithids on the basis of its ornamentation, but it was listed as a member of that oofamily by Wang et al. 2010.[1][2] It is very similar to Subtiliolithus, but has a thicker shell.[2]

Porituberoolithus
Temporal range: Late Campanian
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Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type: Ornithoid
Morphotype: Ornithoid-ratite
Oogenus: †Porituberoolithus
Zelenitsky, Hills & Currie, 1996
Oospecies
  • †P. warnerensis

See also
  • List of dinosaur oogenera

References
  1. Q. Wang, X.-L. Wang, Z.-K. Zhao and Y.-G. Jiang. 2010. A new oogenus of Elongatoolithidae from the Upper Cretaceous Chichengshan Formation of Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(2):111-118
  2. D. K. Zelenitsky, L. V. Hills, and P. J. Currie. (1996). Parataxonomic classification of ornithoid eggshell fragments from the Oldman Formation (Judith River Group; Upper Cretaceous), southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33:1655-1667


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