Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

Guinea fowl eggshells have an unusual structural arrangement that is different from that of
most birds, consisting of two distinct layers with different microstructures. This bilayered …

Avian brood parasites and their hosts display varied egg-puncture behaviors, exerting
asymmetric co-evolutionary selection pressures on eggshells' breaking strength. We …

Reptilian (non‐avian) eggshell biomineralization is markedly different from avian eggshells.
Despite discontinuous/variable mineralization, the reptilian eggshell (like in birds) is …

Simple Summary Most previous studies on eggshell mechanics only focused on single
species or taxa and often lacked a side-by-side comparison between eggshell …

Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) is an analytical technique using diffraction patterns
(called Kikuchi pattern) originated from the back-scattered electrons diffracted by the lattice …

Non-avian maniraptoran eggs are abundant in the Upper Cretaceous of China. Previous
studies mainly focused on oviraptorosaur and troodontid eggs which can be classified into …

Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) has been widely used in recent studies of eggshells
for its convenience in collecting in situ crystallographic information. China has a wide variety …