Tiny, ornamented eggs and eggshell from the Upper Cretaceous of Utah represent a new ootaxon with theropod affinities
Abstract A new Cretaceous ootaxon (eggshell type) from the Kaiparowits Formation of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is among a growing number of very small eggs described from the Mesozoic. Analyses of two partial eggs (~ 17.7 mm in diameter) and 29 eggshell fragments reveal that this ne...
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| Main Authors: | Sara E. Oser, Karen Chin, Joseph J. W. Sertich, David J. Varricchio, Seung Choi, Jeffrey Rifkin |
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/a906b911855e4a198743e996ba20ed95 |
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