Polyclonoolithus

Polyclonoolithus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Egg fossil classification Edit this classification
Basic shell type: Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily: Polyclonoolithidae
Oogenus: Polyclonoolithus
Xie et al., 2016
Oospecies
  • P. yangjiagouensis Xie et al., 2016 (type)

Polyclonoolithus is an oogenus of fossil dinosaur egg. It is from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu, China. They have distinctive, branching eggshell units, which may represent the original form of spheroolithids.[1]

  1. ^ Xie, J.-F.; Zhang, S.-K.; Jin, X.-S.; Li, D.-Q.; Zhou, L.-Q. (2016). "A new type of dinosaur eggs from Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 54 (1): 1–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-01-11.