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Porosity of Archosaur Eggshell

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Schematic diagram of archosaur eggshell with high porosity (A) and low porosity (B), modified from [18]; tangential thin sections of living covered nester Caiman latirostris (C), living open nester Pavo cristatus (D), and non-avian maniraptoran Troodon formosus (E). Abbreviations; A, individual pore area; D, pore density; Ls, pore length. Arrows indicate pore canals.

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Tanaka et al.

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