Oogenus: Mosaicoolithus WANG, ZHAO, WANG & JIANG, 2011

Etymology: Latin, Mosaicus, 'inlay'; in reference to the feature that the eggshell units inlay each other in tangential section.

Oospecies: zhangtoucaoensis (FANG, WANG & JIANG, 2000) WANG, ZHAO, WANG & JIANG, 2011 (Ootype)
= Spheroolithus zhangtoucaoensis FANG, WANG & JIANG, 2000

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= Spherooithus cf. zhangtoucaoensis BARTA, BRUNDRIDGE, CROGHAN, JACKSON, VARRICCHIO, JIN & POUST, 2014

Locality: Tiantai County, Zhenjiang Province, China.

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Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

M8517 DI: Clutch of 6 eggs.

M8572, part and counterpart: Clutch of 13 eggs.

 

WANG, ZHAO, WANG, & JIANG, 2011

Locality: Chiyi village, Tiantai County, Zhenjiang Province, China.

Horizon: Laijia Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

TTM6: 6 eggs.

 

Locality: Shuangliwan Village, Tiantai County, Zhenjiang Province, China.

Horizon: Chichengshan Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Numbers not given: 10 eggshell fragments.

= Spheroolithus jincunensis FANG, LU, JIANG, & YANG, 2003
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Holotype:

Locality: From a construction site near the village of Shuantang, Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, China.

Horizon: Liangtoutang Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Albian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Late Early Cretaceous.

Material: Eggs.