Faveoloolithidae

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Faveoloolithidae
Temporal range: Turonian-Maastrichtian
~84–65 Ma
File:Fossil Dinosaur Eggs- Faveoloolithus sp.jpg
Faveoloolithus sp. eggs, Henan Geological Museum
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Basic shell type: Dinosauroid-spherulitic
Oofamily: Faveoloolithidae
Oogenera

Faveoloolithidae is an oofamily of dinosaur eggs. It contains Faveoloolithus, Hemifaveoloolithus, Parafaveoloolithus, and probably Sphaerovum.[1] However, unlike the other Faveoloolthids, Sphaerovum has compactituberculate ornamentation more similar to megaloolithids.[2] Like Dictyoolithidae, the membrane and the calcareous part of the eggshell formed simultaneously instead of forming the membrane before the calcareous like modern birds.[3]

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  3. ^ Z.-K. Zhao. (1994) "Dinosaur eggs in China:On the structure and evolution of eggshells." In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Cambridge. pp. 184–203.

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