New turtle egg fossil from the Upper Cretaceous of the Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province, China

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Qiang Wang¹  Xiaolin Wang¹  Zikui Zhao¹  Jialiang Zhang¹  Shunxing Jiang¹ 

关键词: Turtle egg fossil;    Jingangkou Formation;    Late Cretaceous;    Laiyang Basin;    Shandong Province;    ovo fóssil de tartaruga;    Formação Jingangkou;    Cretáceo Superior;    Bacia Laiyang;    Província de Shandong;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0001-37652013000100008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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 Cretaceous in China. This discovery shows the Laiyang ecosystem in Late Cretaceous is more diversified than previously thought.

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