Elongatoolithidae

Elongatoolithidae is an oofamily of fossil eggs, representing the eggs of oviraptorosaurs. They are known for their highly elongated shape. Elongatoolithids have been found in Europe, Asia, and both North and South America.

Elongatoolithidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TheropodaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Theropoda
Life habit
ground dwelling, solitaryPBDB, for Theropoda
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Theropoda
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Theropoda

Time the record covers

At least 64 million years on record.

The record covers at least 137.05 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 143.1 Mya to 66 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 0 of 257 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 15 of 257 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 242 of 257 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 257 occurrences145–142 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences142–139 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences139–137 Mya — about 1 occurrence137–134 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences134–131 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences131–129 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences129–126 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences126–123 Mya — about 2 occurrences123–121 Mya — about 2 occurrences121–118 Mya — about 1 occurrence118–115 Mya — about 1 occurrence115–113 Mya — about 1 occurrence113–110 Mya — about 1 occurrence110–107 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences107–105 Mya — about 1 occurrence105–102 Mya — about 2 occurrences102–99 Mya — about 7 occurrences99–97 Mya — about 12 occurrences97–94 Mya — about 12 occurrences94–91 Mya — about 3 occurrences91–89 Mya — about 5 occurrences89–86 Mya — about 7 occurrences86–83 Mya — about 8 occurrences83–80 Mya — about 25 occurrences80–78 Mya — about 25 occurrences78–75 Mya — about 25 occurrences75–72 Mya — about 25 occurrences72–70 Mya — about 36 occurrences70–67 Mya — about 38 occurrences67–64 Mya — about 16 occurrences137.05 Mya72.2 Mya145 Mya64 Mya

257 occurrences of Elongatoolithidae on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

257 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

54 formations

Pingling — 25.23°N, 114.49°EPingling — 25.09°N, 114.28°EPingling — 25.13°N, 114.41°EPingling — 25.24°N, 114.58°EZhutian — 25.22°N, 114.53°EZhutian — 25.24°N, 114.59°ECedar Mountain — 39.05°N, 111.04°WCedar Mountain — 39.18°N, 110.94°WCedar Mountain — 38.64°N, 111.37°WCedar Mountain — 38.94°N, 111.08°WCedar Mountain — 38.68°N, 111.25°WCedar Mountain — 38.64°N, 111.27°WCedar Mountain — 38.85°N, 111.15°WYuanpu — 25.13°N, 114.41°EYuanpu — 25.24°N, 114.59°ENemegt — 43.72°N, 99.93°ENemegt — 43.87°N, 100.01°ENemegt — 43.47°N, 99.83°ENemegt — 43.85°N, 100.48°ENemegt — 43.76°N, 99.90°ENemegt — 43.60°N, 100.50°ENemegt — 44.07°N, 102.67°ENemegt — 43.48°N, 100.36°ENemegt — 43.86°N, 100.23°ENemegt — 43.32°N, 99.83°ENemegt — 43.44°N, 100.37°ENemegt — 43.58°N, 107.69°EDjadokhta — 44.20°N, 103.73°EDjadokhta — 44.25°N, 103.33°EDjadokhta — 42.08°N, 102.17°EDjadokhta — 44.20°N, 103.27°EDjadokhta — 44.09°N, 102.91°EDjadokhta — 44.15°N, 103.72°EDjadokhta — 44.52°N, 103.15°EDjadokhta — 44.00°N, 104.00°EDjadokhta — 44.05°N, 102.82°EDjadokhta — 43.66°N, 100.90°EZhenshui — 25.22°N, 114.53°EOldman — 49.14°N, 112.58°WOldman — 49.28°N, 112.20°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.51°WBaruungoyot — 43.48°N, 101.22°EBaruungoyot — 43.47°N, 99.83°EBaruungoyot — 43.32°N, 99.83°EBaruungoyot — 45.85°N, 108.40°EBaruungoyot — 43.51°N, 101.06°EBaruungoyot — 43.66°N, 107.84°EGaogou — 33.34°N, 111.42°EGaogou — 33.26°N, 111.73°EGaogou — 33.03°N, 111.40°EZhaoying — 33.23°N, 111.69°EZhaoying — 33.18°N, 111.80°ENorth Horn — 39.18°N, 111.31°WNorth Horn — 39.00°N, 111.00°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.51°WJingangkou — 36.89°N, 120.66°EChichengshan — 29.14°N, 121.03°EChichengshan — 29.17°N, 121.04°ETwo Medicine — 47.71°N, 112.22°WTwo Medicine — 47.77°N, 112.29°WWayan — 43.05°N, 111.15°WWayan — 42.97°N, 111.27°WAguja — 29.20°N, 103.55°WAguja — 29.30°N, 103.57°WSubashi — 44.69°N, 90.07°ESubashi — 43.07°N, 91.84°EDöshuul — 45.40°N, 101.73°ELameta — 23.08°N, 73.33°EEl Castellar — 40.66°N, 0.86°WEl Castellar — 40.58°N, 0.69°WFenshui'ao — 28.96°N, 111.53°EDaijiaping — 26.80°N, 113.55°E

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The named rock units Elongatoolithidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 30 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 5 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Elongatoolithidae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Elongatoolithidae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

467 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 194 sites for Elongatoolithidae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

73 references

Each of the 257 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 61 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Elongatoolithidae

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Daderot
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Zhao 1975