''Prismatoolithus'' is an
oogenus of
dinosaur egg from the
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
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Hauterivian
The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.9 ± 2 Ma and 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by t ...
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Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian () is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem. It spanned the interv ...
) and possibly also the
earliest Paleocene. They likely belonged to
troodontids[Mateus, I, H Mateus, MT Antunes, O Mateus, P Taquet, V Ribeiro, G Manuppella. 1998. Upper Jurassic theropod dinosaur embryos from Lourinhã (Portugal). Memórias da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa 37, 101-110]
References
Dinosaur reproduction
Egg fossils
Fossils of Canada
Paleontology in Alberta
Fossils of China
Fossils of France
Fossils of Japan
Fossils of Mexico
Fossils of Morocco
Fossils of Spain
Tremp Formation
Fossils of the United States
Paleontology in Montana
Paleontology in New Mexico
Paleontology in Utah
Milk River Formation
Fossil parataxa described in 1993
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