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Fusioolithus

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Fusioolithus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - paleogene
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Basic shell type: Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily: Fusioolithidae
Oogenus: Fusioolithus
Fernández and Khosla, 2015
oospecies

Fusioolithus baghensis Fusioolithus berthei

Fusioolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. It contains two oospecies: F. baghensis and F. berthei. Fossils have been found in Spain, Argentina, France, India and Peru.[1] They were probably laid by a titanosaur.[2]

F. baghensis eggs may be up to 20 centimeters in diameter and up to 1.7 mm thick. F. berthei eggs have never been found intact, however, they are up to twice as thick as F. baghensis eggs.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "PBDB". The Paleobiology Database.
  2. ^ Dhiman, Harsha (2018). "Parataxonomy and palaeobiogeographic significance of dinosaur eggshell fragments from the Upper Cretaceous strata of the Cauvery Basin, South India". Historical Biology. 31 (10): 1–13. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1450408. S2CID 89969203.
  3. ^ Otero, Alejandro; Carballido, José L.; Pol, Diego (25 April 2022). South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs: Record, Diversity and Evolution. Springer Nature. p. 411. ISBN 978-3-030-95959-3. Retrieved 26 July 2022.