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. 2018 May 16;14(5):20180135. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0135

Table 1.

Summary of measurements for oviraptorosaur eggs and clutches. Parentheses indicate number of clutches examined. See electronic supplementary material for the full descriptions of the results.

ootaxon Elongatoolithus Macroolithus Macroelongatoolithus
number of eggs in the best-preserved clutch 34 35 32
outer clutch diameter (cm) 35.55–66.60 (20) 51.10–82.00 (12) 188.18–330.00 (3)
inner clutch diameter (cm) 2.00–21.55 (21) 10.85–28.10 (12) 106.54–236.00 (3)
estimated egg mass (g) 197.22–473.45 (26) 380.50–911.00 (16) 2177.59–6593.54 (8)
eggshell thickness (mm) 0.420–0.996 (23) 0.713–1.880 (11) 1.109–3.228 (5)
eggshell porosity (mm) 39.171–45.555 (3) 43.809–85.364 (4) 41.990–385.358 (3)
estimated adult body mass (kg) 41.68–104.62 (25) 85.73–196.43 (14) 487.93–1563.03 (8)