Metoolithus
| Metoolithus Temporal range: Chadronian | |
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Eggshell classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Avemetatarsalia |
| Clade: | Ornithurae |
| Class: | Aves |
| Oogenus: | †Metoolithus |
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Metoolithus is an oogenus of fossil bird egg from Nebraska. It is known from a single, near-complete egg, as well as several eggshell fragments. They are small, (60 mm x 44 mm) and spheroid. They show a mix of avian and non-avian characteristics.[1]
References
- ↑ Jackson, Frankie D.; Varricchio, David J.; Corsini, Joseph A. (2013). "Avian Eggs from the Eocene Willwood and Chadron Formations of Wyoming and Nebraska". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (5): 1190–1201. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.769445.
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