Ovaloolithus

† Ovaloolithus is a dinosaur egg oogenus from Late Cretaceous China. These ellipsoidal eggs with smooth shell texture and structural compact layer are attributed to various theropod or ornithopod dinosaurs nesting in Cretaceous Asia.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Ovaloolithus was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Ovaloolithus lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.