Pterosaur egg with a leathery shell: Palaeontology

The recent discovery of a pterosaur egg with embryonic skeleton and soft tissues from the Yixian Formation confirmed that the flying pterosaurs were oviparous 1 . Here we describe another pterosaur egg whose exquisite preservation indicates that the shell structure was soft and leathery.

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Published in:Nature (London) 2004-12, Vol.432 (7017), p.572-572
Main Authors: Ji, Qiang, Ji, Shu-An, Cheng, Yen-Nien, You, Hai-Lu, Lü, Jun-Chang, Liu, Yong-Qing, Yuan, Chong-Xi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Humanities and Social Sciences
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Summary:The recent discovery of a pterosaur egg with embryonic skeleton and soft tissues from the Yixian Formation confirmed that the flying pterosaurs were oviparous 1 . Here we describe another pterosaur egg whose exquisite preservation indicates that the shell structure was soft and leathery.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/432572a