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eggs were likely laid by a dromaeosaurid. Notably, the eggs are paired in the holotype clutch, which has been observed in some other ootaxa. This may indicate that the egg layer had paired functional oviducts, as has been suggested for
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Wu, Rui; Niu, Kecheng; Zhang, Shukang; Xue, Yu; Han, Fenglu (2024). "A new ootype of putative dromaeosaurid eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China".
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EH067-1 (a single egg) and EH067-2 (a pair of eggs) were also referred to the oogenus. All of the known fossil eggs have been found in layers of the
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to occupy an uncertain position in relation to other dinosaur ootaxa. They recovered it in a
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where the fossils were found, with the suffix "‑oolithus", meaning "stone egg". The
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Due to similarities with North American fossil eggs,
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to oviraptorosaur eggs, most of which belong to the
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