Sankofa (oogenus)

Sankofa
Temporal range:
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type: †Dinosauroid-prismatic
Oofamily: †Prismatoolithidae
Oogenus: †Sankofa
López-Martínez & Vicens, 2012
Oospecies
  • †S. pyrenaica López-Martínez and Vicens, 2012 (type)

Sankofa is an oogenus of prismatoolithid egg. They are fairly small, smooth-shelled, and asymmetrical. Sankofa may represent the fossilized eggs of a transitional species between non-avian theropods and birds.

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