| Title |
3-D Modelling of Megaloolithid Clutches: Insights about Nest Construction and Dinosaur Behaviour
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0010362 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bernat Vila, Frankie D. Jackson, Josep Fortuny, Albert G. Sellés, Àngel Galobart |
| Abstract |
Megaloolithid eggs have long been associated with sauropod dinosaurs. Despite their extensive and worldwide fossil record, interpretations of egg size and shape, clutch morphology, and incubation strategy vary. The Pinyes locality in the Upper Cretaceous Tremp Formation in the southern Pyrenees, Catalonia provides new information for addressing these issues. Nine horizons containing Megaloolithus siruguei clutches are exposed near the village of Coll de Nargó. Tectonic deformation in the study area strongly influenced egg size and shape, which could potentially lead to misinterpretation of reproductive biology if 2D and 3D maps are not corrected for bed dip that results from tectonism. |
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