The diverse terminology of reptile eggshell microstructure and its effect on phylogenetic comparative analyses

LJ Legendre, S Choi, JA Clarke - Journal of Anatomy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

New biogeochemical insights into Mesozoic terrestrial paleoecology and evidence for omnivory in troodontid dinosaurs

TM Cullen, BL Cousens - Geological Society of America …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Cretaceous paleocommunities of North America preserve a rich record of
biodiversity that suggests many species occupied narrow biogeographic ranges in …

Spatial distribution of manganese oxide minerals in the natural ferromanganese nodule of the Arctic Sea: A view from Raman spectroscopy

HI Kim, HG Cho, S Lee, HJ Koo, JK Hong, YK Jin - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the spatial distribution of manganese oxide minerals in the natural
ferromanganese nodules provides improved prospects for understanding the geochemical …

Anomalous 13C enrichment in Mesozoic vertebrate enamel reflects environmental conditions in a “vanished world” and not a unique dietary physiology

TM Cullen, FJ Longstaffe, UG Wortmann, L Huang… - Paleobiology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Biogeochemical analyses of organisms' tissues provide direct proxies for diets, behaviors,
and environmental interactions that have proven invaluable for studies of extant and extinct …

[HTML][HTML] The role of sulfate in the hydrothermal replacement of aragonite single crystals by calcite

P Forjanes, JM Astilleros, L Fernández-Díaz - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aragonite (CaCO 3) is a stable calcium carbonate phase under high pressure conditions.
However, its formation in (sub) surface environments, where calcite is the stable polymorph …

Fossil turtle eggs from the Upper Cretaceous Gaogou Formation, Xiaguan-Gaoqiu Basin, Neixiang County, Henan Province, China: Interpretation of the transformation …

L Xu, J Xie, S Zhang, S Choi, NH Kim, D Gao, X Jin… - Cretaceous …, 2022 - Elsevier
In 2007, a clutch of approximately 30 fossil eggs reported from the Upper Cretaceous
Gaogou Formation, Xiaguan-Gaoqiu Basin, Neixiang County, Henan Province, China was …

Exploring electron backscatter diffraction analysis as a tool for understanding stromatolite: Quantitative description of Cretaceous lacustrine stromatolite reveals …

M Simonet Roda, D Kim, AT Brasier… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Lacustrine stromatolites serve as important archives for recording environmental changes,
and the detailed examination of their microfabrics is essential for understanding their …

Protocol for electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis of fossil eggshells

S Choi, Y Park, M Moreno-Azanza - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) is an analytical technique using diffraction patterns
(called Kikuchi pattern) originated from the back-scattered electrons diffracted by the lattice …

Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) study of elongatoolithid eggs from China with microstructural and parataxonomic implications

X Zhu, Q Wang, X Wang - Paleobiology, 2024 - cambridge.org
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 …

Turtle eggs from the Lower Cretaceous Hasandong Formation (South Korea) with relict aragonite under significant thermal maturity

S Choi, H Kim, I Paik, Y Park, H Jung… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Unlike the eggshells of other amniotes, turtle eggshells are composed of aragonite, which is
a metastable mineral. Turtle eggshells in the fossil record are therefore usually transformed …