Paradictyoolithus
Paradictyoolithus is an oogenus of dictyoolithid dinosaur egg from the Zhejiang Province, China. They are nearly spherical eggs, measuring up to 13.9 cm (5.5 in) in diameter, and have a thin eggshell. Their shells are made up of three or four superimposed layers of eggshell units. The two known oospecies are distinguished mainly by their pore structure.
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| Basic shell type: | †Dinosauroid-spherulitic |
| Oofamily: | †Dictyoolithidae |
| Oogenus: | †Paradictyoolithus Wang et al., 2013 |
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