Not exact matches
This result confirms the discovery made in the 1990s of fossilized oviraptorosaurs stretched
across their
clutch, suggesting that they incubated their
eggs.
After hatching and dispersing
across the world's oceans, only the female leatherbacks return to their natal beaches to lay
clutches of
eggs in the sand.
The temperature - difference mechanism for sex determination found in alligators and turtles depends on
eggs being left in unattended nests, typically sun - warmed, with
clutches large enough to have a marked temperature gradient
across them.