Dinosaur eggs and dinosaur egg-bearing deposits(Upper Cretaceous) of Henan Province,China:Occurrences,palaeoenvironments,taphonomy and preservation

查看全文 作　　者：Xinquan [1]Liang;Shunv [1,2]Wen;Dongsheng [1]Yang;Shiquan [3]Zhou;Shichong [4]Wu

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochronology and Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, G-uangzhou 510640, China;[2]Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China;[3]First Geology and Exploration Institute, Henan Bureau of Geology, Mineral Exploration and Development Supervision, Nanyang 473003, China;[4]Zhuzhou Institute of Mineral Resources and Geological Survey, Hunan Geological Survey, Zhuzhou 412007, China

出　　处：《Progress in Natural Science:Materials International》索引2009年第19卷第11期,共15页

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants Nos.40673049 and 40872080) 摘　　要：The Upper Cretaceous dinosaur egg-bearing deposits in Henan Province,central China are divided into three formations in ascending order:Gaogou,Majiacun and Sigou.The Gaogou Formation belongs to alluvial fan deposits containing the fossil dinosaur egg assemblage of Faveoloolithus,Dendroolithus,Dictyoolithus,Paraspheroolithus and Longiteresoolithus.The Majiacun Formation is interpreted as braided stream to meandering stream deposits with assemblage of Ovaloolithus,Paraspheroolithus,Placoolithus,Dendroolithus,Prismatoolithus, rare Youngoolithus and Nanhiungoolithus.The Sigou Formation is shallow lacustrine/palustrine to low-sinuosity river sedimentary rocks with assemblage of Macroolithus,Elongatoolithus,Ovaloolithus and Paraspheroolithus. To date,37 oospecies,13 oogenera and 8 oofamilies of dinosaur eggs have been distinguished.Autochthonous dinosaur eggs are preserved in the floodplain deposits,whereas allochthonous and parautochthonous dinosaur eggs are preserved in the alluvial fans.This suggests that river floodplains are the best environments for the preservation of numerous autochthonous dinosaur eggs.The preservation of most dinosaur eggs in brown to red calcic palaeosoils,muddy siltstones or mudstones suggests that the paleoclimate of the nesting area was semiarid.The presence of gray and green mudstone and coal layers,however,indicates that there existed an ephemeral subhumid climate during the middle and Late Cretaceous.It is suggested that such a climate was favorable for the development of meandering streams in a vegetated environment. 关键词：晚白垩世恐龙蛋河南省古环境埋藏学中国存款保存

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