Ellipsoolithus

Ellipsoolithus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type:	Ornithoid
Morphotype:	Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily:	†Elongatoolithidae
Oogenus:	*†Ellipsoolithus*

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Ellipsoolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg.^[1] It contains only a single oospecies, E. khedaensis. These eggs were laid by a theropod dinosaur.^[2]

References

↑ Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
↑ D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362

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