Oogenus: Bauruoolithus OLIVEIRA, SANTUCCI, ANDRADE, FULFARO, BASILIO, & BENTON,
2011
Etymology: Generic name after Bauru Group, the unit in which the material
was found, and Greek, Oo, "egg" and Greek, lithus, "rock or stone."
Oospecies: fragilis OLIVEIRA, SANTUCCI, ANDRADE, FULFARO, BASILIO, & BENTON,
2011
Etymology: Latin, fragilis, "thin, slinder"; in reference to the remarkable
reduces shell thckness of the eggs.
Holotype: FEF-PV-8/1a
Locality: 12 km south of the city of Jales, Sao Paulo State, South-eastern Brazil.
Horizon: Adamantina Formation, Bauru Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Campanian Stage- Lower Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: The most coplete egg from clutch FEF-PV-8/1.
Referred material:
FEF-PV-8/1: Besides teh holotype, 4 partial eggs and several eggshells.
FEF-PV-8/2: Partial egg.
FEF-PV-8/3: 2 incomplete eggs and several eggshells.
FEF-PV-8/4: Eggshells.
FEF-PV-8/5: A partial egg with stalked eggshells within.
FEF-PV-8/6, 8/7, 8/14, 8/15, 8/17: Scattered eggshells.
FEF-PV-8/9: Incomplete egg and several eggshells.
FEF-PV-8/10: Incomplete egg and several eggsells.
FEF-PV-8/11: Several eggshells.
FEF-PV-8/13: Incomplege egg.
FEF-VP-8/16: Incomplete egg and several eggshells.
FEF-PV-9/18: Incomplete egg and several eggshells.