The first pterosaur 3-D egg: Implications for Pterodaustro guinazui nesting strategies, an Albian filter feeder pterosaur from central Argentina

The first pterosaur 3-D egg: Implications for Pterodaustro guinazui nesting strategies, an Albian filter feeder pterosaur from central Argentina

The increasing number of fossil pterosaur eggs sheds light on nesting environments and breeding behaviors of these extinct flying reptiles. Here we report the first partial three-dimensional egg of the pterosaur, Pterodaustro guinazui, from central Argentina. The specimen was discovered from the sam...

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Main Authors: Gerald Grellet-Tinner, Michael B. Thompson, Lucas E. Fiorelli, Eloísa Argañaraz, Laura Codorniú, E. Martín Hechenleitner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-11-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
Pterosaur fossil eggs
Pterosaur eggshell
Pterodaustro guinazui
Gondwana
Eggshell conductance
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987114000887

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