Dinosaur eggs and dinosaur egg-bearing deposits (Upper Cretaceous) of Henan Province, China: Occurrences, palaeoenvironments, taphonomy and preservation

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1587-1601

  Liang, Xinquan ^a   Wen, Shunv ^a,b   Yang, Dongsheng ^a   Zhou, Shiquan ^c   Wu, Shichong ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c First Geology and Exploration Institute   (China)

^d Zhuzhou Institute of Mineral Resources and Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Central China; Characteristics of taphonomy and preservation; Dinosaur eggs; Fluvial deposit; Henan; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ALLUVIAL FANS; CENTRAL CHINAS; CHARACTERISTIC OF TAPHONOMY AND PRESERVATION; DINOSAUR EGG; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; HENAN; HENAN PROVINCE; MEANDERING STREAMS; TAPHONOMY; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

DEPOSITS;

EID: 72449124115     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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