Apheloolithus

Apheloolithus Temporal range: Maastrichtian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Eggshell classification
Oofamily:	incertae sedis
Oogenus:	†Apheloolithus
Oospecies
†A. shuinanensis (type)

Apheloolithus is an oogenus of fossil egg from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Basin. Amateur paleontologist Donald Glut, in the appendix of his dinosaur encyclopedia, was unable to find the initial description of it, and speculated that it may not be a valid oogenus.^[1]

References

↑ Glut, Donald F. (2003), "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs", Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., pp. 613–652, ISBN 0-7864-1166-X

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