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Though the fi rst fossil remains were found during the XIX century and the fi rst researches were made during the 1910’s and 1920’s, the study of dinosaurs in Spain has not achieved a real boom until recently. The majority of the... more
The sub-surface section of the Middle Ordovician Sueve Formation of the Cantabrian Zone, studied during the construction of a tunnel in the A-8 free highway of northern Spain, provided abundant fossiliferous horizons rich in trilobites of... more
Adult dinosaurs preserved attending their nests in brooding positions are among the rarest vertebrate fossils. By far the most common occurrences are members of the dinosaur group Oviraptorosauria. The first finds of these were specimens... more
Vila, B., Galobart, À., Oms, O., Poza, B. & Bravo, A.M. 2009: Assessing the nesting strategies of Late Cretaceous titanosaurs: 3-D clutch geometry from a new megaloolithid eggsite. Lethaia, Vol. 43, pp. 197–208.Detailed mapping and... more
India has some of the most spectacular fossils on the planet, from vast beds of dinosaur eggs to strange prehistoric creatures new to science. But many are just sitting in the ground. In 2000, while visiting the Central Museum of Nagpur... more
Numerous discoveries in the Tiantai basin of Zhejiang Province, China, enrich our understanding of the parataxonomy, paleobiology and taphonomic histories of fossil eggs from a diverse array of Cretaceous oofamilies. We describe the most... more
Vila, B., Galobart, À., Oms, O., Poza, B. & Bravo, A.M. 2009: Assessing the nesting strategies of Late Cretaceous titanosaurs: 3-D clutch geometry from a new megaloolithid eggsite. Lethaia, Vol. 43, pp. 197–208.Detailed mapping and... more
We here present fossil Crocodylomorpha eggshells from the Upper Jurassic Lourinha Formation of Portugal, recovered from five sites: one nest from Cambelas with 13 eggs, and three partial eggs and various fragments from, Paimogo N (I),... more
We here present fossil Crocodylomorpha eggshells from the Upper Jurassic Lourinha Formation of Portugal, recovered from five sites: one nest from Cambelas with 13 eggs, and three partial eggs and various fragments from, Paimogo N (I),... more