LEADER 03690oam 2200481 450 001 9910424638703321 005 20210414142637.0 010 $a3-030-56454-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-56454-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000011515576 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-56454-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6381134 035 $a(PPN)258058870 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011515576 100 $a20210414d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLate Cretaceous dinosaur eggs and eggshells of peninsular India $eoospecies diversity and taphonomical, palaeoenvironmental, biostratigraphical and palaeobiogeographical inferences /$fAshu Khosla, Spencer G. Lucas 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2020] 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource (XX, 280 p. 92 illus., 50 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aTopics in geobiology ;$vVolume 51 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a3-030-56453-3 327 $aChapter 1-Introduction -- Chapter 2-Historical perspective -- Chapter 3-Geology and stratigraphy -- Chapter 4-Indian late cretaceous dinosaur nesting sites -- Chapter 5-Discussion. Chapter -- 6-Summary and conclusions. 330 $aThis book documents analyses of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur nesting sites of the Lameta Formation at Jabalpur, Districts Dhar and Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh; Districts Kheda and Panchmahal (Gujarat); and the Pisdura, Dongargaon and Pavna sectors in the Chandrapur Districts of Maharashtra, which are exposed in India along an east-west and central axis. In this work, special emphasis has been given to the dinosaur nesting sites of the east-central Narbada River region, including its regional geology. The work was undertaken to provide detailed information concerning dinosaur eggs, eggshell fragments, nests and clutches found in the Lameta Formation of peninsular India. Prior to the present work there had been no detailed review of systematic work on the taxonomy, and of micro- and ultrastructural studies of dinosaur eggs and eggshells from the Lameta Formation. The study documents the field and laboratory investigations that facilitated the reconstruction of the morphotaxonomy, models for the burial pattern of eggs and eggshells, taphonomic implications,and the palaeoenvironmental context and palaeoecological conditions during the Late Cretaceous at the time of the extrusion of the Deccan traps, which may have been partly responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs. The need to follow a parataxonomic classification for Indian dinosaur eggs and eggshell types is very apparent, and this book addresses this aspect in some detail. The emphasis on the application of parataxonomic schemes is based on the description of new oospecies and their comparison with previously known forms. The present work has led to the recovery of numerous nests, many collapsed eggs and hundreds of dinosaur eggshell fragments from the localities situated near the east, west and central Narbada River regions. It will be of interest to academics and professional palaeontologists, and all students of dinosaurs. 410 0$aTopics in geobiology ;$vVolume 51. 606 $aDinosaurs$xEvolution 615 0$aDinosaurs$xEvolution. 676 $a567.9 700 $aKhosla$b Ashu$0888930 702 $aLucas$b Spencer G. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910424638703321 996 $aLate Cretaceous dinosaur eggs and eggshells of peninsular India$91985654 997 $aUNINA