Biosis: Biological Systems (2020) 1(2): 54-59 https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.001.002.0058 SHORT COMMUNICATION Dinosaur Eggs Associated with Crustacean Trace Fossils from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi, China: Evidence for Foraging Behavior? Lida Xing a, b, c, Kecheng Niu c, Lijun Zhang d, Tzu-Ruei Yang e, Jianping Zhang b, W. Scott Persons IV f, Anthony Romilio g, Yuhui Zhuangh, Hao Rani * aState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China. bSchool of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China. cYingliang Stone Nature History Museum, Nan’an 362300, China. dInstitute of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Biogenic Traces & Sedimentary Minerals of Henan Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Coalbed Methane and Shale Gas for Central Plains Economic Region, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China. eInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China. f Mace Brown Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, Charleston 29401, USA. g School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. h Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China. i Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Education, Guilin 541004, China. *Corresponding author:
[email protected] © The Author(s) 2020 ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY We report the discovery of concentrated invertebrate inchnofossils in Received 23 May 2020 close association with a dinosaur nest from the Hekou Formation in Revised 31 May 2020 Jiangxi Province, China. The seven dinosaurian eggs reported clearly Accepted 1 June 2020 belong to the Elongatoolithidae and burrow traces were most likely made by small crustaceans.