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Nest excavation and egg laying.

(A)–Titanosaur female using back foot to excavate nest.
(B)–Block diagram showing asymmetrical nest morphology in plan (1) and cross section (2) view.
(C)–Titanosaur pes and excavated pit in plan and cross section view (1, 2, respectively). Note the asymmetric feature of the excavated hole in frontal and plan views and reconstructions from Figure 4. Pedal reconstruction after [82].
(D)–Egg clutch produced in mass by female.
(E)–Block diagram of nest and eggs showing asymmetrical egg distribution in plan (3), frontal (4) and lateral (5) views.
(F)–Egg arrangement within the nest from three views.
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Source Vila B, Jackson FD, Fortuny J, Sellés AG, Galobart À (2010) 3-D Modelling of Megaloolithid Clutches: Insights about Nest Construction and Dinosaur Behaviour. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10362. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010362
Author Bernat Vila, Frankie D. Jackson, Josep Fortuny, Albert G. Sellés, Àngel Galobart

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