Preliminary report on a clutch of six dinosaurian eggs from the upper Triassic Elliot Formation, Northern Orange Free State

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dc.contributor.author	Kitching, J. W.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-09T07:12:48Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-09T07:12:48Z
dc.date.issued	1979
dc.description	Main article	en_ZA
dc.description.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.	en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citation	None	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0078-8554
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/16288
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	None;
dc.subject	Clutch; Eggs; Dinosaur; Free State; Triassic	en_ZA
dc.title	Preliminary report on a clutch of six dinosaurian eggs from the upper Triassic Elliot Formation, Northern Orange Free State	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA

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