A New Ootype of Dinosaur Egg (Faveoloolithidae: Duovallumoolithus shangdanensis oogen. et oosp. nov.) from the Late Cretaceous in the Shangdan Basin, Shaanxi Province, China
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The authors would like to thank Li Yuguang from Capital Normal University, who assisted the preparation of the eggshell thin sections. This project is supported by the national natural science foundation (41672012, 41688103).

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    A new ootype collected from the Upper Cretaceous Lijiacun Formation in the Shangdan Basin, Shaanxi Province is described in this paper. Based on general external shape, size, eggshell thickness and honeycomb-like eggshell microstructure, eggs are referable to the oofamily Faveoloolithidae. Compared with other members of Faveoloolithidae, specimens described in this paper show special characteristics: adjacent pores are usually separated by two eggshell units between which often develop interspaces; columnar eggshell units are relatively closely arranged in radial view. According to these characteristics, we erect a new oogenus and a new oospecies: Duovallumoolithus shangdanensis oogen. et oosp. nov. The new discovery expands the diversity of Faveoloolithidae.

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ZHENG Tingting, BAI Yi, WANG Qiang, ZHU Xufeng, FANG Kaiyong, YAO Yuan, ZHAO Yongqiang, WANG Xiaolin.2018. A New Ootype of Dinosaur Egg (Faveoloolithidae: Duovallumoolithus shangdanensis oogen. et oosp. nov.) from the Late Cretaceous in the Shangdan Basin, Shaanxi Province, China[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),92(3):897-903

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  • Received:November 29,2017
  • Revised:April 03,2018
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  • Online: June 19,2018
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