Oogenus: Macroolithus ZHAO, 1975
Etymology: Greek, macro, "large" and Greek, olithus, "stone."

Oospecies: rugustus (YOUNG, 1965) ZHAO, 1975
Etymology:
= Oolithes rugustus YOUNG, 1965

Holotype: IVPP V 2784

Locality: Yaotun, Nanhsiung, Guangdong (Kwangtung) Province, China.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material: Nearly complete nest of 20 eggs.

Referred material:

IVPP V-6224: Eggs.

 


Locality: 1.5 km South of Nanhsiung, China.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

IVPP V2781: 3 eggs.

 

 

Locality: 1 km north of Yaotun, Nanhsiung, China.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age:

Material:

IVPP V2785: 9 more or less completely preserved eggs.

 

 

Locality: Lashuyuan, 4 km south of Wuching, Nanhsiung, China.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age:

Material:

IVPP V 2788: 18 complete eggs.

 

 

Locality: 1.5 km south of Wuliting, south of Kanchou, Kiangsi, China.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age:

Material:

PMRE 151: About 24 more or less well preserved eggs.

 

BADAMKHATAN, 2008

Locality: Khaichin Uul 1, Bugin Cav Region, Trans-Altaina Gobi, southwest of Bügiin Tsav, Bayankhonor, Ömnögov (South Gobi), Mongolia.

Horizon: Beds equivalent to the Nemegt Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Numbers: Not given: Eggshells.


LUCAS, KORDIKOVA & EMRY, 1995

Locality: Sargamys River (UTM 274819E, 5275301N, zone 45, Zaysan Basin, Kazakhstan.

Horizon: Manrak Formation, 15 m above the base in light brown, very coarse-grained, tough-crossed sandstone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given: Eggshell fragments.

Note: Tarbosaurus bataar?

 

 

XIAOSI, LIWU, CHENG, ZOU, PANG, QANG, CHEN, ZHEN, WANG, LIU, XIE & JIN, 1998

Locality: Nanxiong, Guangdong (Kwangtung) Province, China.

Horizon: Purplish red sandy mudstone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given: Eggs and eggshells.

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Oospecies: yaotunensis ZHAO, 1975
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality: Nanshiung, Guangdong (Kwangtung) Province, China.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material: Eggs.

Referred material:

CHENG, JI, WU & SHAN, 2008

Locality: Hongcheng area, near Ganzhou City, southern Jiangxi Province, China.

Horizon: Nanxiong Formaton.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMNS-0015726-F-02-embryo-1: A nearly complete half (longitudinal) of an elongate egg with partial embryonic skeleton.

CM-41: A nearly complete half (longitudinal) of an elongate egg, with elements of embryonic skeleton.

WIEMANN, YANG, SANDER, SCHNEIDER, ENGESER, KATH-SCHOOR, MÜLLER & SANDER, 2017

NMNS CYN-200-DINO-05/I: Eggs which indicate a blue-green color.

(Note: The authors also refer the eggs to Heyuannia huangi)

 

FANG, ZHANG, ZHANG, LU, HAN & LI, 2005

Locality: Heyuan Basin, east central Guangdong Province, China.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

 

WIEMANN, YANG, SANDER, SCHNEIDER, ENGESER, KATH-SCHOOR, MÜLLER & SANDER, 2017

Locality: Liguanqiao basin, near Nanyang of Jiangzi, Henan Province, China.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material: Eggs which indicate a blue-green color.

STIPB E54/1: Eggs.

(Note: The authors also refer the eggs to Heyuannia huangi)

 

XIAOSI, LIWU, CHENG, ZOU, PANG, QANG, CHEN, ZHEN, WANG, LIU, XIE & JIN, 1998

Locality: Nanxiong, Guangdong (Kwangtung) Province, China.

Horizon: Purplish red sandy mudstone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given: Eggs and eggshells.

WIEMANN, YANG, SANDER, SCHNEIDER, ENGESER, KATH-SCHOOR, MÜLLER & SANDER, 2017

STIPB E54/3: Eggs which indicate a blue-green color.

(Note: The authors also refer the eggs to Heyuannia huangi)


XUE, ZHANG, BI, YUE & CHEN, 1996

Locality: Intermontane Basins, Eastern part of Qinling, China.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

KSD30: Many fragments of eggshells.

ZHU, CHANG, LI, ZHANG, GAO, WANG, QIU, WANG, LIU, JIA, JIA, ZHANG & XU, 2025

Locality: Miaogou, Yankan Village, Qiupa Town, Luanchuan County, Luoyang City, Henan Province, China.

Horizon: Qiupa Formaiton.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

41HV0199: A block preserving 8 nearly complete egss that constitute an incomplete clutch and at least 22 in-situ eggshells.

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Oospecies: mutabilis MIKHAILOV, 1994
Etymology: Latin, mutabilis, "changeable."

Holotype: PIN 4477-5

Locality: Ikh-Shunkht locality, Southern Gobi Region, Mongolia.

Horizon: ?Barun Goyot Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Santonian-Middle Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: 1 fragment of redeposited shell.

Referred material:

PIN 4477-1: Numerous eggshell fragments.

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