Dinosaur egg‐laying and nesting: The case of an Upper Maastrichtian site at Rennes‐le‐Chateau (Aude, France)
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Historical Biology
- Vol. 2 (2) , 157-167
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08912968909386498
Abstract
A 50 m2 excavation in arbitrary horizontal layers has revealed dinosaur “nests”; in the Upper Maastrichtian continental deposits (Rognacian) at Rennes‐le‐Château (Aude) containing more than 100 eggs, 98% of which had hatched. These dinosaurs laid their eggs on the ground in herbaceous vegetation: At least three successive episodes of egg‐laying, separated by deposition and erosion, are recorded at this site.Keywords
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