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Egg clutches for Styloolithus sabathi oogen. et oosp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous Bayn Dzak locality. A. Type specimen, ZPAL MgOv-II/7a in dorso-oblique (A1), lateral (A2), and dorsal (A3) views. A1 and A2 show three of the four eggs, whereas A3 provides a view of the articulated distal femur and proximal tibia and fibula. The cnemial crest and crista fibularis are visible in this anteromedial view of the tibia. B. ZPAL MgOv-II/25, a second partial clutch with associated bone in lateral view showing one nearly intact egg and a small portion of a second (e). A poorly preserved tibia runs nearly

horizontally just above and left of the egg.
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Source Varricchio, D.J. and Barta, D.E. (2015) "Revisiting Sabath’s “Larger Avian Eggs” from the Gobi Cretaceous." Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 (1): 11–25.
Author David J. Varricchio and David E. Barta

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