Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China

The fossil dinosaur embryo ‘Baby Louie’ and associated clutch of eggs were first discovered in the early 1990s, but were not formally described. Here, the authors identify the specimen as an embryo and eggs of the new large caenagnathid oviraptorosaur,Beibeilong sinensis, from the Late Cretaceous of...

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Main Authors:	Hanyong Pu, Darla K. Zelenitsky, Junchang Lü, Philip J. Currie, Kenneth Carpenter, Li Xu, Eva B. Koppelhus, Songhai Jia, Le Xiao, Huali Chuang, Tianran Li, Martin Kundrát, Caizhi Shen
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Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14952

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spelling	doaj-0d32ab9b2b054008bb13786a76100ffd2021-05-11T07:14:58ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232017-05-01811910.1038/ncomms14952Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central ChinaHanyong Pu0Darla K. Zelenitsky1Junchang Lü2Philip J. Currie3Kenneth Carpenter4Li Xu5Eva B. Koppelhus6Songhai Jia7Le Xiao8Huali Chuang9Tianran Li10Martin Kundrát11Caizhi Shen12Henan Geological MuseumDepartment of Geoscience, University of CalgaryInstitute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of AlbertaPrehistoric Museum, Utah State UniversityHenan Geological MuseumDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of AlbertaHenan Geological MuseumHenan Geological MuseumHenan Geological MuseumHenan Geological MuseumCenter for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Faculty of Science, University of Pavol Jozef SafarikInstitute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesThe fossil dinosaur embryo ‘Baby Louie’ and associated clutch of eggs were first discovered in the early 1990s, but were not formally described. Here, the authors identify the specimen as an embryo and eggs of the new large caenagnathid oviraptorosaur,Beibeilong sinensis, from the Late Cretaceous of China.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14952
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author	Hanyong Pu Darla K. Zelenitsky Junchang Lü Philip J. Currie Kenneth Carpenter Li Xu Eva B. Koppelhus Songhai Jia Le Xiao Huali Chuang Tianran Li Martin Kundrát Caizhi Shen
spellingShingle	Hanyong Pu Darla K. Zelenitsky Junchang Lü Philip J. Currie Kenneth Carpenter Li Xu Eva B. Koppelhus Songhai Jia Le Xiao Huali Chuang Tianran Li Martin Kundrát Caizhi Shen Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China Nature Communications
author_facet	Hanyong Pu Darla K. Zelenitsky Junchang Lü Philip J. Currie Kenneth Carpenter Li Xu Eva B. Koppelhus Songhai Jia Le Xiao Huali Chuang Tianran Li Martin Kundrát Caizhi Shen
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title	Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China
title_short	Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China
title_full	Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China
title_fullStr	Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China
title_full_unstemmed	Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China
title_sort	perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the late cretaceous of central china
publisher	Nature Publishing Group
series	Nature Communications
issn	2041-1723
publishDate	2017-05-01
description	The fossil dinosaur embryo ‘Baby Louie’ and associated clutch of eggs were first discovered in the early 1990s, but were not formally described. Here, the authors identify the specimen as an embryo and eggs of the new large caenagnathid oviraptorosaur,Beibeilong sinensis, from the Late Cretaceous of China.
url	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14952
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Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China

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