Ramon Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I recently bought this fossil which is a dinosaur eggshell that came from China. It is late cretaceous in age. You can even see red coloration which is the remaining sediment from where it was collected from. I want to know which dinosaur layed it. I think the fossil is Elongatoolithudae which is the type of egg that Oviraptorids layed. Front The back which is very smooth "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Another photo, The side view. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I'm not sure you can pin that down to species, or even genus level, from that small of a fragment. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Maybe not the species or genus in dinosaur, but maybe in oogenus which is how the surface of the shell is. Each dinosaur had its own oogenus. For example Elongatoolithus is known to had been layed by various genus of Oviraptoridae. But to get even more specific there's also oospecies. And oospecies can sometimes be attributed to certain dinosaurs. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 These shell fragments came from various oogenus. Photo from dinosaur eggshells from andy's collection here on the Fossil Forum. index.html "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Do you have any further locality information? Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 No, that is all it said. I have found some similar ones on the Internet that come from Nanxiang Basin, Guandong, China. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Unless you have specific information as to where it is from, it is really just guesswork. You might see if you can contact an eggshell expert, I suppose. Not sure how else you could go about authenticating what it's from. Maybe one of the other members will have an idea. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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