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The first discovery of non-avian dinosaur egg and bone fossils in the Hefei Basin

  • WANG Qiang ,
  • DONG Zhe ,
  • MAO Lei ,
  • ZHU Xu-Feng ,
  • CHEN Yan-Bin ,
  • HUANG Jian-Dong ,
  • DING Hai-Dong
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  • 1 Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100044
    2 Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics, Anhui Province Hefei 230601
    3 Anhui Geological Museum Hefei 230071
    4 Observation and Research Station of Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Environmental Geology in Chaohu, MNR Hefei 230071
    5 Natural History Museum of China Beijing 100050
    6 Geological Survey of Anhui Province (Anhui Institute of Geological Sciences) Hefei 230001
    7 No. 815 Geological Team, East-China Bureau of Metallurgical Geology and Exploration Hefei 230000

Received date: 2025-04-15

  Online published: 2025-06-18

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Abstract

This report is about the first record of non-avian dinosaur eggs in the Hefei Basin, Anhui Province, China. Based on the combination of elongated egg body, linear ridges on the outer surface and two structure layer, the eggs can be referred to Elongatoolithidae. The gradual boundary between the cone and the column layers as well as the relative thin eggshell (less than 1 mm) indicates its affinity within Elongatoolithus. The eggs are identified as Elongatoolithus oosp., as they were severely compressed and experienced erosion on both inner and outer surfaces. The discovery of egg fossil in the Hefei Basin offers evidence for stratum comparison in this region and supplements the diversity of egg fossils in Anhui. Meanwhile, this discovery also enriches the paleogeographic distribution of elongatoolithids.

Cite this article

WANG Qiang , DONG Zhe , MAO Lei , ZHU Xu-Feng , CHEN Yan-Bin , HUANG Jian-Dong , DING Hai-Dong . The first discovery of non-avian dinosaur egg and bone fossils in the Hefei Basin[J]. Vertebrata Palasiatica, 2025 , 63(3) : 248 -252 . DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.250618

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