The Tiantai Dinosaur Egg Oofauna in Zhejiang

The Tiantai Dinosaur Egg Oofauna in Zhejiang-Dinosaur egg is a special type of fossils, which provides not only biological information such as reproductive behavior and physiological characteristics, but also geological information such as paleoenvironment and paleoecology of dinosaurs. Compared with other types of fossils, dinosaur egg has its own advantages on the study of dinosaur reproduction, physiology, paleoecology and paleoenvironment.During the nearly-one-century research history, a large number of dinosaur eggs have been found in China, which were abundant materials for the research on systematic paleontology of dinosaur eggs and related stratigraphy, paleogeography, paleoenvironment, and paleoecology, etc. 

This book is a summary of the preliminary research of the Tiantai Dinosaur Egg Oofauna executed by dinosaur egg research team of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Book has five parts: the first part is about the history and research methods of dinosaur egg classification; the second part reviews the discovery and research history of the Tiantai Dinosaur Egg Oofauna; the third part is about the division and comparison of the red layers bearing dinosaur eggs in the Tiantai basin; the fourth part describes the composition of the Tiantai Dinosaur Egg Oofauna; the fifth part compares the Late Cretaceous dinosaur egg fossil assemblages in China, and establishes the framework of the Late Cretaceous terrestrial red layer.

恐龙蛋是一类非常特殊的化石类型。它不仅保存了恐龙的繁殖行为、生理特征等生物学信息，而且也保存了恐龙生存时期的古环境和古生态等地质学信息，为研究恐龙的生理、繁殖行为及其生存时期的地质环境背景等提供了非常重要的实物材料，具有其他古生物化石所不具备的优势。在近百年的研究过程中，中国多地发现的大量恐龙蛋化石，为恐龙蛋系统古生物学及相关的地层学、古地理学、古环境学、古生态学等研究提供了丰富的材料。

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1 恐龙蛋分类学研究概述…………………………………………1
1.1 中国恐龙蛋研究简史………………………………………1
1.2 恐龙蛋的分类系统…………………………………………2
1.2.1 恐龙蛋分类和命名方法………………………………2
1.2.2 恐龙蛋分类特征………………………………………2
2 天台盆地恐龙蛋发现及其研究历史…………………………7
2.1 天台县自然景观与人文历史………………………………7
2.2 天台恐龙蛋发现与研究历史………………………………13
2.3 天台盆地白垩系地层划分对比……………………………19
3 天台盆地晚白垩世陆相地层层序及恐龙蛋层位……………25
3.1 天台盆地晚白垩世红层层序………………………………26
3.2 天台盆地恐龙蛋层位………………………………………34
3.3 天台盆地含恐龙蛋地层的时代……………………………36
4 天台恐龙蛋化石群………………………………………………39
4.1 巨型长形蛋科………………………………………………39
4.1.1 巨型长形蛋科研究概述………………………………39
4.1.2 系统古生物学…………………………………………39

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4.2 长形蛋科……………………………………………………44
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4.2.1 长形蛋科研究概述……………………………………44
4.2.2 系统古生物学…………………………………………44
4.3 棱柱形蛋科…………………………………………………47
4.3.1 棱柱形蛋科研究概述…………………………………47
4.3.2 系统古生物学…………………………………………47
4.4 石笋蛋科……………………………………………………50
4.4.1 石笋蛋科研究概述……………………………………50
4.4.2 系统古生物学…………………………………………50
4.5 蜂窝蛋科……………………………………………………57
4.5.1 蜂窝蛋科研究概述……………………………………57
4.5.2 系统古生物学…………………………………………57
4.6 似蜂窝蛋科…………………………………………………69
4.6.1 似蜂窝蛋科研究概述…………………………………69
4.6.2 系统古生物学…………………………………………69
4.7 网形蛋科……………………………………………………72
4.7.1 网形蛋科研究概述……………………………………72
4.7.2 系统古生物学…………………………………………72
4.8 科未定………………………………………………………77

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1 恐龙蛋分类学研究概述
5 中国主要恐龙蛋化石群对比……………………………………81
5.1 中国主要恐龙蛋化石群……………………………………82
5.1.1 天台恐龙蛋化石群……………………………………82
5.1.2 莱阳恐龙蛋化石群……………………………………83
5.1.3 南雄恐龙蛋化石群……………………………………84
5.1.4 西峡恐龙蛋化石群……………………………………85
5.1.5 淅川恐龙蛋化石群……………………………………87
5.2 天台盆地恐龙蛋生物地层与相关盆地的初步对比………87
5.3 晚白垩世恐龙蛋群组合序列………………………………89
参考文献………………………………………………………………91
索 引………………………………………………………………95