Shixingoolithus

Shixingoolithus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Egg fossil classification Edit this classification
Basic shell type: Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily: Stalicoolithidae
Oogenus: Shixingoolithus
Zhao et al., 1991
Oospecies
  • S. erbeni
  • S. qianshanensis[1]

Shixingoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Cretaceous of Nanxiong, China.[2][3]

  1. ^ He, Qing; Chen, Zhong-Liang; Zhang, Shu-Kang; Gui, Ze-Wen; Chen, Ya-Ting (2022-08-25). "A new oospecies of Shixingoolithus (Shixingoolithus qianshanensis oosp. nov.) from the Qianshan Basin, Anhui Province, East China". Journal of Palaeogeography. 11 (4): 629–639. doi:10.1016/j.jop.2022.08.001. ISSN 2095-3836.
  2. ^ Z. Zhao, J. Ye, H. Li, Z. Zhao, and Z. Yan. 1991. Extinction of the dinosaurs across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 29(1):1-20
  3. ^ Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.