''Tacuarembovum'' is an
oogenus of
fossil egg
Egg fossils are the fossilized remains of eggs laid by ancient animals. As evidence of the physiological processes of an animal, egg fossils are considered a type of trace fossil. Under rare circumstances a fossil egg may preserve the remains of t ...
from the
Late Cretaceous (
Campanian to
Maastrichtian)
Asencio Formation
The Asencio Formation is a geological formation in the Paraná Basin of southwestern Uruguay whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian). Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation ...
of
Uruguay.
[Mones, A. (1980) "Nuevos elementos de la paleoherpetofauna del Uruguay (Crocodilia y Dinosauria)." ''Actas II Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia y I Congreso Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires'' 1:265-277 (in Spanish)] It represents an
Elongatoolithid, and pending future analysis may be found to be synonymous with another oospecies.
[Batista, A. (2012).]
Análisis morfológico y sistemático de Tacuarembovum oblongum Mones 1980 y otras ooformas similares (Dinosauria), cretácico tardío? de Uruguay: implicancias.
Graduate Thesis for Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
References
Dinosaur reproduction
Campanian life
Maastrichtian life
Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of South America
Cretaceous Uruguay
Fossils of Uruguay
Fossil parataxa described in 1980
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