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RE: help! (pterosaur eggs)
> > > >No, because no pterosaur eggs are known in the first place.
>
> Well, this may change... :-)
>
> Yesterday, in the XX Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados
(La
> Plata), L. Codorniú, L. Chiappe and D. L. Rivarola communicated the
> discovery of an almost complete, minute specimen of *Pterodaustro
guinazui*
> from Lagarcito Formation (Albian), preserved inside an oval surface (12
> cm3). The limbs are folded and the skull is lying on the right wing,
behind
> it, like in birds embryos. Over the bones there is some kind of substance
> (possible eggshell), but electron microscope analysis have not been
> successful due to the fragility of the material.
> In the author's words, this is the first report of a pterosaur embryo.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Matías Soto
>