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
Ano de publicación: 2013
Título do exemplar: SPANISH JOURNAL OF PALAEONTOLOGY
Volume: 28
Número: 1
Páxinas: 61-68
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Spanish journal of palaeontology
Resumo
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