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Plagioolithus
| Plagioolithus Temporal range:
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Egg fossil classification 
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| Oofamily: | incertae sedis |
| Oogenus: | †Plagioolithus Imai and Azuma, 2015 |
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Plagioolithus is an oogenus of fossil egg. It is from the Early Cretaceous of Japan. It was probably laid by a bird, making it the oldest known fossil bird egg.[1]
- ^ Imai, Takuya; Azuma, Yoichi (2015). "The oldest known avian eggshells, Plagioolithus fukuiensis, from the Lower Cretaceous (upper Barremian) Kitadani Formation, Fukui, Japan". Historical Biology. 27 (8): 1090–1097. Bibcode:2015HBio...27.1090I. doi:10.1080/08912963.2014.934232. S2CID 129113738.
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