Apatite in Hamipterus tianshanensis eggshell: advances in understanding the structure of pterosaur eggs by Raman spectroscopy

Abstract Pterosaur eggs can offer information about pterosaur reproductive strategies and are extremely precious because only a small number of specimens have been discovered. Previous studies have mainly focused on morphological descriptions of pterosaur eggs and their embryos while the chemical co...

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Main Authors: Ying Li, Xufeng Zhu, Qiang Wang, Shunxing Jiang, Yimin Yang, Wugan Luo, Xiaolin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-06-01
Series:Heritage Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00720-7