Tacuarembovum

Tacuarembovum Temporal range: Campanian-Maastrichtian ~75–66  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type:	Ornithoid
Morphotype:	Ornithoid-ratite
Oofamily:	† Elongatoolithidae
Oogenus:	† Tacuarembovum Mones, 1980
Oospecies
†Tacuarembovum oblongumMones, 1980 (type)

Tacuarembovum (sometimes misspelled as "Tacuaremborum"; e.g., ^[1] )is an oogenus of fossil egg from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian) Asencio Formation of Uruguay. ^[1] It represents an Elongatoolithid, and pending future analysis may be found to be synonymous with another oospecies. ^[2]

References

1. 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)
2. 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)