Pachycorioolithus jinyunensis

† Pachycorioolithus jinyunensis is an Early Cretaceous oogenus from Zhejiang Province, China. These thick-shelled dinosaur eggs with a particularly robust cortical layer are attributed to large theropods or titanosaurian sauropods.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Pachycorioolithus jinyunensis was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Pachycorioolithus jinyunensis lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145.0 to 100.5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.