Mazonova

Mazonova
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian
Egg fossil classification Edit this classification
Oogenus: Mazonova
Godfrey, 1995
Type oospecies
Mazonova helmichnus
Godfrey, 1995

Mazonova is an oogenus of fossilized eggs from the Mazon Creek area in the Pennsylvanian of Illinois. They are laid in long strings of eggs enclosed in a gelatinous sheath containing one or two rows of eggs. It is unknown what kind of animal laid the eggs.[1]

  1. ^ Godfrey, S.J. (1995). "Fossilized Eggs from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois." Ichnos: an international journal for plant and animal traces. 4(1):71-75.