Fossil eggs associated with a neoceratopsian (Mosaiceratops azumai) from the Upper Cretaceous Xiaguan Formation, Henan Province, China
文献类型:期刊论文
作者 | Jackson, Frankie D.1; Zheng, Wenjie2,3,4,5,6; Imai, Takuya7,8,9; Jackson, Robert A.1; Jin, Xingsheng2 |
刊名 | CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
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出版日期 | 2018-11-01 |
卷号 | 91页码:457-467 |
关键词 | Turtle Testudoolithidae Neoceratopsia Gas Conductance Taphonomy Fossil Eggs |
ISSN号 | 0195-6671 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.020 |
英文摘要 | The close association of osteological remains and fossil eggs sometimes leads to misinterpretations, particularly in the absence of adequate taphonomic data. A clutch of 15 fossil eggs from the Upper Cretaceous Xiaguan Formation, Henan Province, China occurs in close association to a partial skeleton of the neoceratopsian, Mosaiceratops azumai. Two centimeters of sediment separate several eggs on the edge of the clutch from the rostrum of the skull. However, preservation of aragonite crystals in the eggshell allows assignment of the eggs to a turtle. Physical characteristics of the bones and eggs suggest the specimen was prepared upside-down. We estimate an egg mass of 89.3 g and calculate water vapor conductance (GH2O) as 288 mg(H2O)day(-1) Torr(-1). Using a formula that correlates egg size (53 x 58 mm) and carapace length, we estimate the carapace of the turtle that produced the clutch as 1.5 m. This egg size exceeds that of all previously reported fossil turtle eggs. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
WOS关键词 | Water-vapor Conductance ; Dinosaur Troodon-formosus ; Reproductive Traits ; Clutch Size ; Turtle Eggs ; Eggshells ; Taphonomy ; Disarticulation ; Incubation ; Evolution |
资助项目 | Chinese Natural Science Foundation[41602019] ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science)[163120] |
WOS研究方向 | Geology ; Paleontology |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000442976600035 |
出版者 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
资助机构 | Chinese Natural Science Foundation ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science) |
源URL | [http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/17005] ![]() |
专题 | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
通讯作者 | Jackson, Frankie D. |
作者单位 | 1.Montana State Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA 2.Zhejiang Museum Nat Hist, Hangzhou 310014, Zhejiang, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 7.Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Fukui 9118601, Japan 8.Fukui Prefectural Univ, Inst Dinosaur Res, Fukui 9101195, Japan 9.Kanazawa Univ, Grad Sch Nat Sci & Technol, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9201192, Japan |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jackson, Frankie D.,Zheng, Wenjie,Imai, Takuya,et al. Fossil eggs associated with a neoceratopsian (Mosaiceratops azumai) from the Upper Cretaceous Xiaguan Formation, Henan Province, China[J]. CRETACEOUS RESEARCH,2018,91:457-467. |
APA | Jackson, Frankie D.,Zheng, Wenjie,Imai, Takuya,Jackson, Robert A.,&Jin, Xingsheng.(2018).Fossil eggs associated with a neoceratopsian (Mosaiceratops azumai) from the Upper Cretaceous Xiaguan Formation, Henan Province, China.CRETACEOUS RESEARCH,91,457-467. |
MLA | Jackson, Frankie D.,et al."Fossil eggs associated with a neoceratopsian (Mosaiceratops azumai) from the Upper Cretaceous Xiaguan Formation, Henan Province, China".CRETACEOUS RESEARCH 91(2018):457-467. |
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来源:南京地质古生物研究所
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