// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the Medioolithidae say? It's a mid-dle aged stone.
Appearance
| Medioolithidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Egg fossil classification | |
| Basic shell type: | Ornithoid |
| Morphotype: | Ornithoid-ratite |
| Oofamily: | †Medioolithidae Kohring & Hirsch, 1996 |
| Oogenera | |
Medioolithidae is an oofamily of bird eggs from the Eocene epoch. Their eggshell structure shows a mosaic of avian and non-avian theropod traits.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Jackson, Frankie D.; Varricchio, David J.; Corsini, Joseph A. (2013). "Avian eggs from the Eocene Willwood and Chadron formations of Wyoming and Nebraska". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (5): 1190–1201. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.769445.