Omnisaura

Egg type

Faveoloolithus

Zhao and Ding 1976

Faveoloolithus is an egg type: the name is for the fossil eggs themselves. The animal that laid them is not known for certain. Its eggs are found in rocks 110.1–66 million years old in Mongolia, South Korea and China.

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At a glance

Data as of 11 October 2026
110.1–66 Ma
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by
Zhao and Ding 1976
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Described in
Z. Zhao, S. Ding (1976). [Discovery of the dinosaurian egg-shells from Alxa, Ningxia and its stratigraphical significance]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(2): 42–44.
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Zhao and Ding 1976).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.

Type species
Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Dated to
Albian to Campanian, 110.1–72.2 million years ago
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Omnisaura calculation110.1–66 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
mediummedium: Omnisaura's calculation from 12 confirmed PBDB records.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Found in
China
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (2 records).
Mongolia
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (7 records).
South Korea
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (3 records).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).

Rock formations
Baruungoyot
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (5 records).
Seonso Conglomerate
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (3 records).
Djadokhta
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
Gaogou
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
Khuren Dukh
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
mixedmixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.

Egg family
Faveoloolithidae
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Parent group
Faveoloolithidae
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Species named in its records
Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database (the species its fossil records are identified as).

Known from
Eggs
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Laid by
Not known for certain. Eggs rarely show which animal laid them.
Sources: Omnisaura editorial (Omnisaura editorial content (© Future Sailors, all rights reserved)), Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Natural History Museum Data Portal (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

Gaps are answers

What isn't known yet

  • The animal that laid them: not known for certain, as for most egg types.
  • Order: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
  • What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Resting on one source: 6 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): name (PBDB); authority (PBDB); type species (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); family (PBDB); age (headline) (PBDB).

Size and appearance aren't covered yet, and diet and way of life only as PBDB infers them for the wider group. Omnisaura leaves the rest out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

None open. Where our sources overlap, they agree on everything shown here.

Did it meet…?

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Same time, different places. Their fossils overlap in age, 83.6 to 66 million years ago, but no rock formation holds both.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Connections

Genera linked to Faveoloolithus by where and when their fossils were found, by classification and by who named them. Select a name to open its page.

FaveoloolithusFound in the same rocksSame familySame naming authorAlso found in MongoliaProtoceratopsVelociraptorBagaceratopsPinacosaurusand 40 moreParafaveoloolithusChangdusaurusChaoyangsaurusDendroolithusDictyoolithusand 10 moreProtoceratopsidovumPsittacosaurusElongatoolithusCoralloidoolithusand 42 more

Found in the same rocks 44

Genera and other fossil types from the same rock units, from rocks of overlapping age, the most shared fossil sites first.

ProtoceratopsVelociraptorBagaceratopsPinacosaurusProtoceratopsidovumElongatoolithusCoralloidoolithusDendroolithusSpheroolithusOvaloolithusParaspheroolithusPsittacosaurusSaichaniaShuvuuiaAvimimusByronosaurusand 28 more

Same family: Faveoloolithidae 1

Other genera in Faveoloolithidae with a full profile.

Parafaveoloolithus

Named by Ding and Zhao 14

Genera whose naming authority includes the same surname. The authority has no initials, so different people who share a surname can appear together.

ChangdusaurusChaoyangsaurusDendroolithusDictyoolithusElongatoolithusMacroolithusNanhsiungoolithusOvaloolithusParaspheroolithusPlacoolithusPrismatoolithusShixingoolithusSinraptorSpheroolithus

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