The Hami pterosaur fauna in Xinjiang, China is known as the "Pterosaur Garden of Eden". The world's first three-dimensional preserved pterosaur egg and embryo fossils and a large number of pterosaur eggs and embryos have been discovered here one after another.
What are the main components of pterosaur eggshells?
How is it different from the eggshell of amniotic eggs produced by living amniotes?
Research on pterosaur egg fossils has attracted much attention.
The research team of Wang Xiaolin, a doctoral student at the Institute of Paleo-Spine of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Associate Professor Luo Wugan of the School of Humanities of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted in-depth analysis and research on the egg fossils of the Tianshan Hami pterosaur, and the results revealed that the pterosaur's protein-colored eggshell The composition is fluoroapatite.
This scientific research result, which is of great significance to the research and protection of pterosaur and pterosaur egg fossils, was recently published in the international professional academic journal "Heritage Science".
The first author of the paper, Li Ying, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency in Beijing to interpret the research results.
(Reporter Sun Zifa produced Liu Peng)
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]