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Paradendroolithus is an oogenus of dendroolithid dinosaur egg native to China.

Description
Paradendroolithus eggs are large, measuring 15 cm in length by 13.5 - 14.5 cm in width. They have a distinctive shape, with one end pointed, similar modern bird eggs. The eggshell is relatively thick (2.30 - 2.38 mm), and, like typical dendroolithids, is made up of tree-like, branching units. About 1/7 of the eggshell thickness is the mammillary layer.

Paleobiology
The shape of the nest in Paradendroolithus is unknown, and no skeletal remains or embryos have been associated with the eggs.

Distribution and Paleoecology
P. qinglongshanensis eggs are found on the North slope of Qinglong Mountain (where the oospecies gets its name), a part of the Gaogou Formation. The same location also has fossil eggs belonging to Dictyoolithus, Dendroolithus, Faveoloolithus, Paraspheroolithus, and Prismatoolithus, apparently a similar assemblage to the Mongolian Djadokhta Formation.