Reconstruction of the internal structure of the pore system of a complex dinosaur eggshell (Megaloolithus siruguei)
- Rasskin-Gutman, Diego 1
- Elez, Javier 2
- Esteve-Altava, Borja 1
- López-Martínez, Nieves 2
- 1 Institute Cavanilles for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia
- 2 Department of Paleontology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
ISSN: 2255-0550
Année de publication: 2013
Titre de la publication: SPANISH JOURNAL OF PALAEONTOLOGY
Volumen: 28
Número: 1
Pages: 61-68
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Spanish journal of palaeontology
Résumé
Despite the many reconstructions of fossil material that have recently appeared in the literature, dinosaur eggshells have never been reconstructed using computing techniques. Using the EMAC 3-D modelling methodology, we reconstruct a section of the Late Cretaceous Megaloolithus siruguei eggshell, which has a particularly complex pore system, exhibiting an intricate network of vertical, oblique, and horizontal pores