Apheloolithus

Apheloolithus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
~72.1–66.0 Ma
Egg fossil classification Edit this classification
Oofamily: incertae sedis
Oogenus: †Apheloolithus
Oospecies
  • †A. shuinanensis (type)

Apheloolithus is an oogenus of fossil eggs from the Late Cretaceous Yuanpu and Pingling Formations of the 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. Similarly, Molina-Perez and Larramendi listed Apheloolithus as a nomen nudum in their 2019 dinosaur encyclopedia.

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Molina-Perez, Ruben; Larramendi, Asier (2019). Dinosaur facts and figures: The Theropods and Other Dinosauriformes. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-691-18031-1. Retrieved 1 October 2026.