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华东白垩纪暴龙类恐龙蛋化石的新发现
引用本文:钱迈平,姜扬,蒋严根,张元军,陈荣,李龙明,邢光福.华东白垩纪暴龙类恐龙蛋化石的新发现[J].地质学刊,2008,32(2):86-97.
作者姓名:钱迈平  姜扬  蒋严根  张元军  陈荣  李龙明  邢光福
作者单位:南京地质矿产研究所,南京地质矿产研究所,浙江省天台县国土资源局,香港大学地质系,南京地质矿产研究所,南京地质矿产研究所,南京地质矿产研究所 江苏南京210016,江苏南京210016,浙江天台317200,香港999077,江苏南京210016,江苏南京210016,香港大学地质系,香港999077,江苏南京210016
基金项目:国家自然科学基金 , 中国地质调查局基础地质调查综合研究项目
摘    要:华东地区虽然迄今没有发现可靠的暴龙类恐龙骨骼化石,但近年在浙江天台白垩纪赤城山组地层中发现了白垩纪巨型暴龙类恐龙产的西峡巨型长形蛋(Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis)化石。因暴龙类恐龙目前在系统分类上被归入兽足亚目(Theropoda)暴龙超科(Tyrannosauroidea)暴龙科(Tyrannosauridae),建议巨型长形蛋化石也可采用相应分类方法,归入长形蛋化石亚目(Elongatoolithineae)巨型长形蛋化石超科(Macroelongatoolithoidea)巨型长形蛋化石科(Macroelongatoolithidae),以便对应研究。这些蛋究竟是哪一种暴龙类恐龙所产?从目前掌握资料分析,在东亚的暴龙类恐龙属种中,冠龙和帝龙个体较小,成年体长分别仅约3m和1.6m,年代更早,分别为约160Ma和130Ma,基本上可以排除在外。鹰龙和分支龙成年体长5m~6m,还不能算巨型暴龙类恐龙。只有体长达10m,甚至更大的特暴龙,似乎最有可能产下这样的巨型长形蛋。但特暴龙迄今已知的化石层位时代为晚白垩世末期的Maastrichtian期(71Ma~65Ma),而浙江的巨型长形蛋的年代则是晚白垩世早期的Turonian期(约92Ma)。这样就存在两种可能,或许是特暴龙的生存年代要上溯到约92Ma,或许这种巨型长形蛋是另一种目前尚不为人知的,生存年代在约92Ma的巨型暴龙类恐龙所产。此外,根据这些蛋化石的外形特征及其在巢穴里的分布方式可以推测,这种暴龙类恐龙,具有功能双输卵管系统,每次产卵2枚,蛋在巢穴里呈2个一组放射状排列。其蛋壳并非刚性的硬壳,而是具有一定韧性的厚牛皮纸状外壳,在重力作用下变形呈扁的长椭球形。

关 键 词:暴龙类恐龙  蛋化石  白垩纪  华东
文章编号:1003-6474(2008)02-0086-12
修稿时间:2008年3月15日

New evidence on fossil eggs of Cretaceous Tyrannosaurs in eastern China
QIAN Mai-ping,JIANG Yang,JIANG Yan-gen,ZHANG Yuan-jun,CHEN Rong,LI Long-ming,XING Guang-fu.New evidence on fossil eggs of Cretaceous Tyrannosaurs in eastern China[J].Jiangsu Geology,2008,32(2):86-97.
Authors:QIAN Mai-ping  JIANG Yang  JIANG Yan-gen  ZHANG Yuan-jun  CHEN Rong  LI Long-ming  XING Guang-fu
Institution:QIAN Mai-ping, JIANG Yang, JIANG Yan-gen, ZHANG Yuan-jun, CHEN Rong , LI Long-ming, XING Guang-fu(1. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Nanjing 210016, China; 2. Tiantai Bureau of Land and Resources, Tiantai 317200, Zhejiang; 3. Department of Geology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China)
Abstract:The giant fossil eggs, Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis, laid by huge tyrannosaurs were recently discovered from Late Cretaceous Chiehengshan Formation ( approximately 92Ma) in Tiantai County of Zhejiang Province, though some of their fossil skull or skeleton has not yet been found in eastern China so far. Based on the taxonomy of tyrannosaurs at present, the taxonomy of their fossil egg can be proposed accordingly, i. e.
Suborder: Theropoda Marsh, 1881—— Elongatoolithineae oosubord, nov.
Superfamily: Tyrannosauroidea Osborn, 1905 ——Macroelongatoolithoidea oosuperfam, nov.
Family: Tyrannosauridae Osborn, 1905 ——Macroelongatoolithidae oofam, nov.
Elongatoolithineae oosubord, nov.
Diagnosis—— elliptic elongated eggs were laid in pairs and arranged abreast around a circle in a nest.
Horizon ——The Triassic to Cretaceous
Macroelongatoolithoidea oosuperfam, nov.
Diagnosis—— giant flat and elliptic elongated eggs were laid in pairs and arranged abreast around a circle in a nest.
Horizon ——Cretaceous
Macroelongatoolithidae oofam, nov.
Diagnosis and Horizon ——As for oosuperfamily.
Oogenus Macroelongatoolithus Li et al. , 1995
Type oospeeies Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis Li et al. , 1995 Synonymy. 2000 Macroelongatoolithus zhangi Fang et al.
Which is the tyrannosaur laid the giant Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis? Of excavated fossil tyrannosaurs from eastern Asia, an adult Guanlong and an adult Dilong were apparently too small, only 3m and 1.6m long respectively, to lay giant eggs, and it was of old age, approximately 160Ma and 130Ma respectively. An adult Alectrosaurus and an adult Alioramus were 5 m - 6m long respectively, and perhaps not huge enough to lay such enormous eggs. No other than a Tarbosaurus, which an adult was more than 10 m long, was an imaginabale suspect laid these giant eggs. However all known Tarbosaurus were from terminal Cretaceous Maastrichtian (71Ma-65Ma), and were not identical with Macroelongatoolithus fro
Keywords:Tyrannosaurs  Fossil eggs  Cretaceous period  Eastern China
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