Continuoolithus
| Continuoolithus Temporal range: Late Campanian | |
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Eggshell classification  | |
| Basic shell type: | Ornithoid |
| Morphotype: | Ornithoid-ratite |
| Oogenus: | †Continuoolithus |
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Continuoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg found in the late Campanian of Alberta. It was originally described as distinct from the Elongatoolithids on the basis of its ornamentation,[1] but it was listed by Wang et al. as a member of that oofamily. [2]
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References
- ↑ D. K. Zelenitsky, L. V. Hills, and P. J. Currie. (1996). Parataxonomic classification of ornithoid eggshell fragments from the Oldman Formation (Judith River Group; Upper Cretaceous), southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33:1655-1667
- ↑ Q. Wang, X.-L. Wang, Z.-K. Zhao and Y.-G. Jiang. 2010. A new oogenus of Elongatoolithidae from the Upper Cretaceous Chichengshan Formation of Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(2):111-118
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