The avian eggshell is a remarkable biomineral, which is essential for avian reproduction; its
properties permit embryonic development in the desiccating terrestrial environment, and …

Recently, the application of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) in halide perovskites has
enabled the correlation of the micro‐structural arrangement of polycrystalline grains with …

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 …

The avian palaeognath phylogeny has been recently revised significantly due to the
advancement of genome-wide comparative analyses and provides the opportunity to trace …

Thin fossil eggshell from Upper Cretaceous deposits of Europe, characterized by nodular
ornamentation similar to modern gekkotan eggshell, has mostly been interpreted as …

Reptile eggshell ensures water and gas exchange during incubation and plays a key role in
reproductive success. The diversity of reptilian incubation and life history strategies has led …

Among amniotes, turtles are the only clade that lay aragonitic eggs. Because aragonite is a
metastable mineral, unequivocal preservation of aragonite in fossil turtle eggs has only been …

Raman spectroscopy has been widely used in micropaleontology and organic geochemistry
to identify carbonaceous materials and evaluate their thermal maturity in fossils or …

Simple Summary Birds have existed on Earth for over one hundred million years, and the
eggshell is one of the main factors in them having survived for such a long period of time …

Among non-avian maniraptoran eggshells, oofamilies Prismatoolithidae and
Elongatoolithidae are usually associated with troodontid and oviraptorosaur dinosaurs …