Chronostratigraphic synthesis of the latest Cretaceous dinosaur turnover in south-western Europe

V Fondevilla, V Riera, B Vila, AG Sellés… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
In south-western Europe, the uppermost Cretaceous continental deposits in the different
sedimentary basins of Iberia (Portugal and north and central Spain), the Pyrenees (Spain …

The diverse terminology of reptile eggshell microstructure and its effect on phylogenetic comparative analyses

LJ Legendre, S Choi, JA Clarke - Journal of Anatomy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reptile eggshell ensures water and gas exchange during incubation and plays a key role in
reproductive success. The diversity of reptilian incubation and life history strategies has led …

A fast-growing basal troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the latest Cretaceous of Europe

AG Sellés, B Vila, SL Brusatte, PJ Currie, À Galobart - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
A characteristic fauna of dinosaurs and other vertebrates inhabited the end-Cretaceous
European archipelago, some of which were dwarves or had other unusual features likely …

Exceptionally small theropod eggs from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation of Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

K Tanaka, DK Zelenitsky, F Therrien, T Ikeda… - Cretaceous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Kamitaki Locality in the Albian Ohyamashimo Formation in the eastern Hyogo
Prefecture of southwestern Japan is among the richest Lower Cretaceous fossil egg sites in …

Possible Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurid eggshells from South Korea: a new insight into dromaeosaurid oology

S Choi, YN Lee - Cretaceous Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Among non-avian maniraptoran eggshells, oofamilies Prismatoolithidae and
Elongatoolithidae are usually associated with troodontid and oviraptorosaur dinosaurs …

Exceptional preservation of a Late Cretaceous dinosaur nesting site from Mongolia reveals colonial nesting behavior in a non-avian theropod

K Tanaka, Y Kobayashi, DK Zelenitsky… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Colonial nesting behavior has been inferred in a variety of non-avian dinosaurs based on
high concentrations of nests preserved in an area, but sedimentologic and taphonomic …

The first dinosaur egg from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia

PP Skutschas, VD Markova, EA Boitsova… - Historical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Lower Cretaceous Ilek Formation in Western Siberia (Russia) has yielded
various vertebrate fossils, including skeletal remains of dinosaurs. Here we report on a …

A new ootype of putative dromaeosaurid eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China

R Wu, K Niu, S Zhang, Y Xue, F Han - Cretaceous Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Non-avian maniraptoran eggs are abundant in the Upper Cretaceous of China. Previous
studies mainly focused on oviraptorosaur and troodontid eggs which can be classified into …

Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) study of elongatoolithid eggs from China with microstructural and parataxonomic implications

X Zhu, Q Wang, X Wang - Paleobiology, 2024 - cambridge.org
Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) has been widely used in recent studies of eggshells
for its convenience in collecting in situ crystallographic information. China has a wide variety …

Fossil eggshells from the Early Cretaceous Okurodani Formation, northern central Japan

R Uematsu, K Tanaka, S Kozu, S Isaji… - Historical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Seven isolated eggshell fragments and six eggshell impressions were collected from the
Okurodani Formation (Hauterivian to Barremian) in Shokawa, Takayama City, Gifu …