Protoceratopsidovum

Protoceratopsidovum
Temporal range: Campanian
~84–72 Ma
Egg fossil classification Edit this classification
Basic shell type: †Dinosauroid-prismatic
Oofamily: †Prismatoolithidae
Oogenus: †Protoceratopsidovum
Mikhailov, 1994
Oospecies
  • †P. sincerum Mikhailov, 1994 (type)
  • †P. minimum Mikhailov, 1994
  • †P. fluxuosum Mikhailov, 1994

Protoceratopsidovum is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from Mongolia. Despite its name (which means "eggs of Protoceratops"[1]), it does not represent the eggs of a protoceratopsid, but rather the eggs of maniraptoran theropods.[2][3]

  1. ^ Zelenitsky, D., and Currie, P. (2004) "A Cladistic Analysis of Theropod Ootaxa." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 24, Supplement 003: Abstracts of Papers Sixty-Fourth Annual Meeting Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Adams Mark Hotel Denver, Colorado November 3–6.
  2. ^ Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
  3. ^ Zelenitsky, D. K. And Therrien, F. (2008), "Phylogenetic Analysis Of Reproductive Traits Of Maniraptoran Theropods And Its Implications For Egg Parataxonomy." Palaeontology, 51: 807–816. doi:10.1111/J.1475-4983.2008.00770.X