Data from: δ18O-derived incubation temperatures of oviraptorosaur eggs
Romain Amiot, Xu Wang, Shuo Wang, Christophe Lécuyer, Jean-Michel Mazin, Jinyou Mo, Jean-Pierre Flandrois, François Fourel, Xiaolin Wang, Xing Xu, Zhijun Zhang & Zhonghe Zhou
In order to determine the incubation temperature of eggs laid by non-avian dinosaurs, we analysed the oxygen isotope compositions of both eggshell carbonate (δ18Oc) and embryo bone phosphate (δ18Op) from seven oviraptorosaur eggs with preserved in ovo embryo bones. These eggs come from the Upper Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of Jiangxi Province, China. Oviraptorosaur theropods were selected because of their known brooding behaviour as evidenced by preserved adult specimens fossilized in brooding posture on their clutch....
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Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology1
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Capital Normal University1
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University of Lyon System1
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Claude Bernard University Lyon 11
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Chinese Academy of Sciences1
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Institute of Geology1
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École Normale Supérieure de Lyon1
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Institut Universitaire de France1
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences1