Elongatoolithidae Zhao, 1975
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.9 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E6F80E2A-D60B-43B7-97CF-C2A7D2C1B327 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5272067 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D77A9E56-FFDE-FFAF-FF1C-F8F9CD7865F8 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Elongatoolithidae Zhao, 1975 |
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Diagnosis: Elongate, asymmetrical eggs; paired eggs arranged in a circular clutch; the polar axis length from 10.0 cm–21.0 cm, and equatorial diameter from 5 cm – 9 cm, prominent nodes or ridges ornamentation on the outer surface; eggshell composed of the cone layer and the columnar layer, eggshell thickness ranges from 0.30 mm –2.00 mm.
Type oogenus: Elongatoolithus , Macroolithus, Nanhsiungoolithus ( Zhao 1975) , Heishanoolithus ( Zhao & Zhao, 1999) , Paraelongatoolithus ( Wang et al. 2010) , Trachoolithus ( Mikhailov 1994, 1997), and Ellipsoolithus ( Mohabey 1998) .
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