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Article: Giant dinosaur eggs from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China.
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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Abstract: Giant dinosaur eggs occur within the mid-Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of the Tiantai basin in Zhejiang Province of southeastern China. The 43 cm x 14.5 cm eggs represent the first discovery of Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis specimens from the region. The eggshell exhibits variation in surface ornamentation and eggshell thickness, with smoother and thicker eggshell characteristic of the poles. The Tiantai eggs differ from the stratigraphically younger type specimen of Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis from Henan Province in their mammillary to continuous layer ratio. Three new features potentially useful for phylogenetic analysis and previously unreported in ...
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