Preliminary report on a clutch of six dinosaurian eggs from the upper Triassic Elliot Formation, Northern Orange Free State
Date
1979
Authors
Kitching, J. W.
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Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
Abstract
A clutch of six dinosaurian eggs, containing foetal skeletons of as yet uncertain taxonomic
affinity, from the Elliot Formation (Red Bed Stage), northern Orange Free State, seems to be the
first record of fossil eggs of Upper Triassic age.
As preserved the eggs have a long axis of 65 mm, with a short axis of approximately
55 mm. The egg “shell” is exceptionally thin; fragments removed from one of the specimens
have an estimated thickness of 0,5 mm.
Additional preparation work is at present being undertaken on a reasonably well-preserved
skull in one of the eggs and a more detailed description of the specimen and possible parentage
will appear at a later date.
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Keywords
Clutch; Eggs; Dinosaur; Free State; Triassic
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