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- Documents the analysis of dinosaur nesting sites and eggshells in India
- Provides detailed information on the geological context and sample sites of dinosaur eggs
- Establishes a comparative morphotaxonomy, biostratigraphical, palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental implications based on dinosaur eggs and eggshell fragments
Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology (TGBI, volume 51)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book documents analyses of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur nesting sites of the Lameta Formation at Jabalpur, Districts Dhar and Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh; Districts Kheda and Panchmahal (Gujarat); and the Pisdura, Dongargaon and Pavna sectors in the Chandrapur Districts of Maharashtra, which are exposed in India along an east-west and central axis. In this work, special emphasis has been given to the dinosaur nesting sites of the east-central Narbada River region, including its regional geology. The work was undertaken to provide detailed information concerning dinosaur eggs, eggshell fragments, nests and clutches found in the Lameta Formation of peninsular India. Prior to the present work there had been no detailed review of systematic work on the taxonomy, and of micro- and ultrastructural studies of dinosaur eggs and eggshells from the Lameta Formation.
The study documents the field and laboratory investigations that facilitated the reconstruction of the morphotaxonomy, models for the burial pattern of eggs and eggshells, taphonomic implications,and the palaeoenvironmental context and palaeoecological conditions during the Late Cretaceous at the time of the extrusion of the Deccan traps, which may have been partly responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs. The need to follow a parataxonomic classification for Indian dinosaur eggs and eggshell types is very apparent, and this book addresses this aspect in some detail. The emphasis on the application of parataxonomic schemes is based on the description of new oospecies and their comparison with previously known forms. The present work has led to the recovery of numerous nests, many collapsed eggs and hundreds of dinosaur eggshell fragments from the localities situated near the east, west and central Narbada River regions. It will be of interest to academics and professional palaeontologists, and all students of dinosaurs.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Ashu Khosla
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New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, USA
Spencer G. Lucas
About the authors
Dr. Spencer G. Lucas is Curator of Paleontology and Geology at The New Mexico Museum of Natural History.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Eggs and Eggshells of Peninsular India
Book Subtitle: Oospecies Diversity and Taphonomical, Palaeoenvironmental, Biostratigraphical and Palaeobiogeographical Inferences
Authors: Ashu Khosla, Spencer G. Lucas
Series Title: Topics in Geobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56454-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56453-7Published: 21 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56456-8Published: 22 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56454-4Published: 20 October 2020
Series ISSN: 0275-0120
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 280
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour
Topics: Paleoecology, Evolutionary Biology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Archaeology, Earth Sciences, general