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Re: SV: "carbonatic" eggshell query



Thanks. Tommy.
Composition may not be the key, as I am finding out.
Maybe thickness is.

David Peters
St. Louis


On Sep 27, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Tommy Tyrberg wrote:

As far as I know at least all bird eggshells are largely "carbonatic" in the sense that they are mostly Calcium Carbonate (there is also a small proportion of organic material, and some also contain a small amount of Calcium Phosphate). In so far as pterosaurs had hard eggs I imagine they
would be similar.
Soft eggs (often described as "leathery") have membraneous shells that
are a mixture of organics (mostly proteins) and calcium carbonate. The
carbonate may be either a thin continuous layer or nodular.

Timmy Tyrberg


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Chiappe et al. 2004 described the Pterodaustro eggshell as
"carbonatic" . A Google query listing "eggshell" and "carbonatic"
listed only the Chiappe et al. article.

What does "carbonatic" mean in terms of eggshells? What is this like?
What is this not like?

David Peters
St. Louis