Dictyoolithus neixiangensis Zhao, 1994

Remarks

• Collection:      Lee Garrison

• Formation:     Kaoguo Formation

• Location:        China

• No embryo in this one (see X-ray below).

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• Ornithopod Egg
• 1994 Dictyoolithus neixiangensis Zhao
• 1999 Dictyoolithus neixiangensis Zhao, Carpenter

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Kaoguo Formation of China

Age

• Dictyoolithus neixiangensis Zhao is a Late Campanian dinosaur egg (~70 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Henan Province, China

Remarks

        For photographs and more information see:

• Zhao, Z.  1994.  "Dinosaur eggs in China: On the structure and evolution of eggshells".  In:  Carpenter, K.; Hirsch, K. F.; Horner, J. R., ed's. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies.  New York:  Cambridge University Press, 184-203.

• Carpenter, K.  1999.  Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction.  Bloomington & Indianapolis:  Indiana University Press.  Appendix 1.  Parataxonomic List, 276.