A second specimen of Citipati osmolskae associated with a nest of eggs from Ukhaa Tolgod, Omnogov Aimag, Mongolia
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A second specimen of Citipati osmolskae associated with a nest of eggs from Ukhaa Tolgod, Omnogov Aimag, Mongolia
- Publication date
- 2018
- Topics
- Citipati osmolskae, Nests, Eggs, Dinosaurs, Reptiles, Fossil, Paleontology, Citipati osmolskae -- Nests, Citipati osmolskae -- Eggs, Citipati osmolskae -- Mongolia -- Ukhaa Tolgod, Dinosaurs -- Nests -- Mongolia -- Ukhaa Tolgod, Dinosaurs -- Eggs -- Mongolia -- Ukhaa Tolgod, Dinosaurs -- Mongolia -- Ukhaa Tolgod, Reptiles, Fossil -- Nests -- Mongolia -- Ukhaa Tolgod, Reptiles, Fossil -- Eggs -- Mongolia -- Ukhaa Tolgod, Reptiles, Fossil -- Mongolia -- Ukhaa Tolgod, Paleontology -- Cretaceous -- Mongolia -- Ukhaa Tolgod, Paleontology -- Mongolia -- Ukhaa Tolgod, Paleontology -- Mongolia -- Ȯmnȯgovʹ Aĭmag
- Publisher
- [New York, NY] : American Museum of Natural History
- Collection
- biodiversity; americanmuseumnaturalhistory
- Contributor
- American Museum of Natural History Library
- Language
- English
- Volume
- 3899
44 pages : 26 cm
Adult dinosaurs preserved attending their nests in brooding positions are among the rarest vertebrate fossils. By far the most common occurrences are members of the dinosaur group Oviraptorosauria. The first finds of these were specimens recovered from the Djadokhta Formation at the Mongolian locality of Ukhaa Tolgod and the Chinese locality of Bayan Mandahu. Since the initial discovery of these specimens, a few more occurrences of nesting oviraptors have been found at other Asian localities. Here we report on a second nesting oviraptorid specimen (IGM 100/1004) sitting in a brooding position atop a nest of eggs from Ukhaa Tolgod, Omnogov, Mongolia. This is a large specimen of the ubiquitous Ukhaa Tolgod taxon Citipati osmolskae. It is approximately 11% larger based on humeral length than the original Ukhaa Tolgod nesting Citipati osmolskae specimen (IGM 100/979), yet eggshell structure and egg arrangement are identical. No evidence for colonial breeding of these animals has been recovered. Reexamination of another "nesting" oviraptorosaur, the holotype of Oviraptor philoceratops (AMNH FARB 6517) indicates that in addition to the numerous partial eggs associated with the original skeleton that originally led to its referral as a protoceratopsian predator, there are the remains of a tiny theropod. This hind limb can be provisionally assigned to Oviraptoridae. It is thus at least possible that some of the eggs associated with the holotype had hatched and the perinates had not left the nest
Caption title
"April 26, 2018."
Specimen discovered during the 1995 installment of the American Museum of Natural History-Mongolian Academy of Sciences Paleontological Expedition
Supplemental material available online in a separate file
Local PDF available in high- and low-resolution versions
Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-43)
Adult dinosaurs preserved attending their nests in brooding positions are among the rarest vertebrate fossils. By far the most common occurrences are members of the dinosaur group Oviraptorosauria. The first finds of these were specimens recovered from the Djadokhta Formation at the Mongolian locality of Ukhaa Tolgod and the Chinese locality of Bayan Mandahu. Since the initial discovery of these specimens, a few more occurrences of nesting oviraptors have been found at other Asian localities. Here we report on a second nesting oviraptorid specimen (IGM 100/1004) sitting in a brooding position atop a nest of eggs from Ukhaa Tolgod, Omnogov, Mongolia. This is a large specimen of the ubiquitous Ukhaa Tolgod taxon Citipati osmolskae. It is approximately 11% larger based on humeral length than the original Ukhaa Tolgod nesting Citipati osmolskae specimen (IGM 100/979), yet eggshell structure and egg arrangement are identical. No evidence for colonial breeding of these animals has been recovered. Reexamination of another "nesting" oviraptorosaur, the holotype of Oviraptor philoceratops (AMNH FARB 6517) indicates that in addition to the numerous partial eggs associated with the original skeleton that originally led to its referral as a protoceratopsian predator, there are the remains of a tiny theropod. This hind limb can be provisionally assigned to Oviraptoridae. It is thus at least possible that some of the eggs associated with the holotype had hatched and the perinates had not left the nest
Caption title
"April 26, 2018."
Specimen discovered during the 1995 installment of the American Museum of Natural History-Mongolian Academy of Sciences Paleontological Expedition
Supplemental material available online in a separate file
Local PDF available in high- and low-resolution versions
Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-43)
- Abstract
- Adult dinosaurs preserved attending their nests in brooding positions are among the rarest vertebrate fossils. By far the most common occurrences are members of the dinosaur group Oviraptorosauria. The first finds of these were specimens recovered from the Djadokhta Formation at the Mongolian locality of Ukhaa Tolgod and the Chinese locality of Bayan Mandahu. Since the initial discovery of these specimens, a few more occurrences of nesting oviraptors have been found at other Asian localities. Here we report on a second nesting oviraptorid specimen (IGM 100/1004) sitting in a brooding position atop a nest of eggs from Ukhaa Tolgod, Omnogov, Mongolia. This is a large specimen of the ubiquitous Ukhaa Tolgod taxon Citipati osmolskae. It is approximately 11% larger based on humeral length than the original Ukhaa Tolgod nesting Citipati osmolskae specimen (IGM 100/979), yet eggshell structure and egg arrangement are identical. No evidence for colonial breeding of these animals has been recovered. Reexamination of another 'nesting' oviraptorosaur, the holotype of Oviraptor philoceratops (AMNH FARB 6517) indicates that in addition to the numerous partial eggs associated with the original skeleton that originally led to its referral as a protoceratopsian predator, there are the remains of a tiny theropod. This hind limb can be provisionally assigned to Oviraptoridae. It is thus at least possible that some of the eggs associated with the holotype had hatched and the perinates had not left the nest.
- Addeddate
- 2019-01-30 20:27:25
- Associated-names
- Balanoff, Amy M., author; Barta, Daniel E., author; Erickson, Gregory M., author; Mongolian-American Museum Paleontological Project; Mongolyn Shinzhlėkh Ukhaany Akademi
- Call number
- amnhnovitates3899
- Call-number
- amnhnovitates3899
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Genre
- bibliography
- Identifier
- secondspecimenc00nore
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t81k6wh4v
- Identifier-bib
- amnhnovitates3899
- Ocr
- ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR)
- Pages
- 44
- Possible copyright status
- In copyright. Digitized with the permission of the rights holder.
- Ppi
- 440
- Rights-holder
- American Museum of Natural History Library
- Year
- 2018
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