New turtle egg fossil from the Upper Cretaceous of the Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province, China
A new type of turtle egg fossil was established: Emydoolithus laiyangensis oogen. et oosp. nov.. Based on its elliptical morphological shape, rigid eggshells, and eggshell characteristics, it is different from other types of round chelonian egg fossils. It is the second chelonian egg fossil found in...
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2013-03-01
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Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652013000100103&lng=en&tlng=en |