Paradictyoolithus

Paradictyoolithus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
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Egg fossil classification Edit this classification
Basic shell type: †Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily: †Dictyoolithidae
Oogenus: †Paradictyoolithus
Wang et al., 2013
Oospecies
  • †P. zhuangqianensis Wang et al., 2013 (type)
  • †P. xiaxishanensis Wang et al., 2013

Paradictyoolithus is an oogenus of dictyoolithid dinosaur egg from the Zhejiang Province, China. They are nearly spherical eggs, measuring up to 13.9 cm (5.5 in) in diameter, and have a thin eggshell. Their shells are made up of three or four superimposed layers of eggshell units. The two known oospecies are distinguished mainly by their pore structure.[1]

  1. ^ Wang, Qiang; Zhao, Zikui; Wang, Xiaolin; Zhang, Shukang; Jiang, Yan'gen (2013). "New forms of dictyoolithids from the Tiantai Basin, Zhekiang Province of China and a parataxonomic revision of dictyoolithids" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 51: 43–54.