Tipoolithus

Tipoolithus
Temporal range:
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type: Ornithoid
Morphotype: Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily: †Laevisoolithidae
Oogenus: †Tipoolithus
Garcia et al., 2003
Oospecies
  • †T. achloujensis Garcia et al. 2003 (type)

Tipoolithus is an oogenus of fossil egg native to the Irbzer Formation in Morocco. Its classification is uncertain, but it most closely resembles Laevisoolithids, and like members of that oofamily, it was laid by an enantiornithine bird or small theropod.

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