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From: Unexpected morphological variability in the eggshells of the South American caimans Caiman latirostris and Caiman yacare

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Eggs and eggshells of C. latirostris. (a) Egg MLP.R.6800-6, CL2 (stage 17/18). (b) Egg MLP.R.6800-29, CL6 (stage 21). (c) Eggshells of CL2 and (d) CL6. (e) Detail of the eggshell of CL2 and (f) CL6, including pore canals and inner space plus inner shell membrane. Note that all blue-colored structures represent empty spaces. The space reconstructed in transparent blue corresponds to the inner shell membrane plus the space between the latter and the inner shell surface. am amphitheater, col vertical columns, im inner shell membrane, orn ornamentation, pc pore canal, ro roof, wa wall. Scale bars in (a) and (b) equal 10 mm.

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