New Dinosaur Egg with Avian Egg Shape Discovered from the Upper Cretaceous of Zhejiang Province, China


Fig.1 Photograph of Parvoblongoolithus jinguoensis (ZMNH M8920),  a small, asymmetrical ovoid egg with avian egg shape, from the the Upper Cretaceous Chichengshan Formation of Tiantai Basin, in lateral view from different angles (A,B), showing the slightly oblate shape, scale bar = 10 mm. (Image by ZHANG Shukang)

Fig.2 Eggshell microstructure of Parvoblongoolithus jinguoensis (ZMNH M8920), A, B, E, F, scale bar = 0.2 mm; C, D, scale bar = 0.4 mm. (Image by ZHANG Shukang)


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