The first Stalicoolithus shifengensis discovered in a clutch from the Sanshui Basin, Guangdong Province
Received date: 2017-10-24
Online published: 2019-01-20
The first clutch of Stalicoolithus shifengensis is described here. This incomplete dinosaur egg clutch in which three nearly complete eggs and two egg prints were preserved was discovered in the red deposits of the Sanshui Formation at a construction site near the sluice of North Village, Dali Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China. The eggs in the clutch are stacked with various ranges. Based on the characteristics of the eggshell, these eggs can be assigned to S. shifengensis. The discovery of S. shifengensis in the Sanshui Formation complements the clutch information about the oospecies as well as expands its paleogeographic distribution, and sets the foundation for discussing the diversity of dinosaur eggs in the Sanshui Basin.
Key words： Sanshui Basin; Guangdong; Late Cretaceous; dinosaur egg; Stalicoolithidae
ZHU Xu-Feng, FANG Kai-Yong, WANG Qiang, LU Xiao-Hong, WU Wei-Qiang, DU Yan-Li, HUANG Zhi-Qing, WANG Xiao-Lin . The first Stalicoolithus shifengensis discovered in a clutch from the Sanshui Basin, Guangdong Province[J]. Vertebrata Palasiatica, 2019 , 57(1) : 77 -83 . DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.180110
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