Publications

Journal Papers

Bi, S., Romain, A., de Fabrègues, C. P., Pittman, M., Lamanna, M. C., Yu, Y., Yu, C., Yang, T.-R., Zhang, S., Zhao, Q., Xu, X. 2020. An oviraptorid preserved atop an embryo-bearing egg clutch sheds light on the reproductive biology of non-avialan theropod dinosaurs. Science Bulletin (advance online publication) doi:10.1016/j.scib.2020.12.018.

Xing, L., Niu, K., Zhang, L., Yang, T.-R., Zhang, J., Persons IV, W. S., Romilio, A., Zhuang, Y., Ran, H. 2020. Dinosaur eggs associated with crustacean trace fossils from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi, China - evidence of foraging behavior? Biosis:Biological Systems 1:54-59. doi:0.37819/biosis.001.002.0058.

Yang, T.-R., Samathi, A., Lallensack, J. N., Engler, T., Makowska M., Schillinger B. 2019. Hatching asynchrony in oviraptorid dinosaurs sheds light on their unique nesting biology. Integrative Organismal Biology 1:obz030. doi:10.1093/iob/obz030.

Yang, T.-R., Wiemann, J., Cheng, Y.-N., Xu, L., Wu, X.-C., and Sander, P. M. 2019. Reconstruction of oviraptorid clutches illuminates their unique nesting biology. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64:581-596. doi:10.4202/app.00497.2018

Wiemann, J., Yang, T.-R. Norell, M. A. 2019. Reply to: Egg pigmentation probably has an Archosaurian origin. Nature 570:E46-E50. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1283-3

Wiemann, J., Fabbri, M., Yang, T.-R., Stein, K., Sander, P. M., Norell, M. A., Briggs, D. E. G. 2018. Fossilization transforms vertebrate hard tissue proteins into N-heterocyclic polymers. Nature Communications: 4171. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07013-3

Wiemann, J., Yang, T.-R. Norell, M. A. 2019. Dinosaur egg colour had a single evolutionary origin. Nature 563:555-558. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0646-5

Zhang, S., Yang, T.-R., Li, Z., Hu, Y. 2018. New dinosaur egg material from Yunxian, Hubei Province, China resolve the classification of dendroolithid eggs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63: 671-678. doi:10.4202/app.00523.2018

Yang, T.-R., Chen, Y.-H., Wiemann, J., and Spiering, B. 2018. Fossil eggshell cuticle elucidates dinosaur nesting ecology. PeerJ 6:e5144. doi:10.7717/peerj.5144

Yang, T.-R., Sander, P. M. 2018. The origin of the bird's beak: New insights from dinosaur egg incubation. Biology Letters 14(5):20180090. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0090

Wiemann, J., Yang, T.-R., Sander, P. N., Engeser, M., Kath-Schorr, S., Müller, C. E., Schneider, M., and Sander, P. M. 2017. Dinosaur origin of egg color: oviraptors laid blue-green eggs. PeerJ 5:e3706. doi:10.7717/peerj.3706

Books

Canoville, A., Yang, T.-R.. 2020. Reproductive biology of dinosaurs. In: Arbour, V., Holtz, T., Zanno, L. The Complete Dinosaur (ongoing work)

Yang, T.-R., Canoville, A. 2020. Fossilization of reproduction-related hard and soft tissues and structures in non-avian dinosaurs and birds. In Gee, C. T., McCoy, V. E., Sander, P. M. Fossilization: The Material Nature of Ancient Plants and Animals. (in press)

Qin, Zichuan, Yang, T.-R., Sun, Dehui, Zhang, Shukang. 2019. Program and Abstracts Book of the 7th International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. 45 pp. PDF

Yang, T.-R.. 2018. The reproductive biology of Cretaceous oviraptorid dinosaurs and its implication for the origin of bird reproduction. PhD Thesis, Rheinische Wilhelms-Friedrich-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany. 267 pp. PDF

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2020

2019

Yang, T.-R. 2019. Organic remains in dinosaur eggs and their implications for the nesting mode of oviraptorid dinosaurs. International Symposium on Asian Dinosaurs, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia. (oral) PDF

Yang, T.-R., Wiemann, J. 2019. Organic remains in dinosaur eggs and their implications for the nesting mode of oviraptorid dinosaurs. VII International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Shiyan, China. (oral) PDF

Wiemann, J., Yang, T. -R., Koch, N. M., Hanson, M., Fabbri, M., Gauthier, Jacques, Briggs, D. E. G., Norell, M. A. 2019. The nature, evolution, and ecology of nonavian and avian egg color. VII International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Shiyan, China. (oral) PDF

2018

Wiemann, J., Yang, T.-R., Norell, M. A. 2018. Dinosaur eggs came in various colors and patterns. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Albuquerque, USA. (poster) PDF

Fabbri, M., Yang, T.-R., Wiemann, J, Bhullar, B. S., Norell, M. A. 2018. A dinosaurian origin for the avian single oviduct. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Albuquerque, USA. (oral) PDF

Yang, T.-R. 2018. Clutch architecture, neutron tomography, and elemental mapping reveal hatching asynchrony and communal nesting in oviraptorid dinosaurs and highlight their peculiar reproductive biology. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Albuquerque, USA (oral talk in the Romer Prize Session). PDF

2017

Yang, T.-R., Samathi, A., Lallensack, J. N., and Engler, T. 2017. A new embryo-bearing clutch reveals asynchronous hatching in oviraptorid dinosaurs. VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Lisbon, Portugal (oral) PDF

Yang, T.-R. 2017. Nesting ecology of theropod dinosaurs revealed by cuticle preservation on eggshells. 2nd Joint Conference of Palaeontological Society of China and Paläontologische Gesellschaft, Yichang, China (oral) PDF

Canoville, A., Yang, T.-R., Zanno, L., Zheng, W., Schweitzer, M. H. 2017. Paleohistology of a gravid oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation, China, with an enigmatic endosteal tissue. 77th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Calgary, Canada (oral) PDF

Hu, Y., Zhang, S., Yang, T.-R. 2017. VII Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies in Qinglongshan Geopark in Hubei, China. VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Lisbon, Portugal (oral) PDF

Wiemann, J., Fabbri, M., Yang, T.-R., Norell, M. A., Briggs, D. E. G. 2017. The biomolecular paleontology of dinosaur eggshells: A synthetic, chemoecological perspective. VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Lisbon, Portugal (oral) PDF

Zhang, S., Yang, T.-R., Li, Z., Hu, Y. 2017. Reuse of a mixed-dinosaur-species site on fluvial deposits of Yunxian Basin, Hubei, China. VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Lisbon, Portugal (oral) PDF

2016

Yang, T.-R., Wiemann, J., Cheng, Y.-N., Xu, L., and Wu, X.-C. 2016. New evidences from complete oviraptorid clutches explain why oviraptorid dinosaur did not brood. Society for Experimental Biology, Brighton, UK. (oral) PDF

Yang, T.-R., van Heteren, A., Chen, C.-J., and Spiering, B. 2016. Communal nesting behavior of oviraptorid dinosaurs revealed by statistical analysis and phosphor distribution of eggshells. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, USA. (oral) PDF Featured Article

Wiemann, J., Yang, T.-R., and Sander, P. M. 2016. Opening a window in time: How dinosaur eggshell chemofossils store paleobiological information. Society for Experimental Biology, Brighton, UK. (oral) PDF

Wiemann, J., Fabbri, M., Yang, T.-R., Stein, K., Vinter, J., Martin, T., Briggs, D. E., and Sander, P. M. 2016. From white to black: Maillard reaction products and endogenous porphyrins stain fossil hard tissues. 76th Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, USA. (oral) PDF

2015

Wiemann, J., Yang, T.-R., Sander, P. N., Engeser, M., Kath-Schorr, S., Müller, C. E., Schneider, M., and Sander, P. M. 2015. The colourful eggs of dinosaurs: Preserved metabolites reveal the evolution of avian reproduction. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Dallas, USA. (oral) PDF

Wiemann, J., Yang, T.-R., Sander, P. M. 2015. Catching the pigments of life: Preservation potential and paleobiological implications of tetrapyrrolic color pigments in dinosaur eggshell. 3rd International Symposium of Paleohistology, Bonn, Germany. (oral) PDF

Yang, T.-R., Sander, P. M., Wiemann, J., and Cheng, Y. N. 2015. Reproductive biology of the oviraptorid dinosaurs revealed by the interpreted egg inner structures. 3rd International Symposium of Paleohistology, Bonn, Germany. (oral) PDF

Chang, H. Y., Yang, K. M., Hsieh, C. Y., Yang, T.-R., Chuang, H. J., and Chen, Y. J. 2015. 3D geometry and evolutionary sequence of fold-thrust systems in NW Taiwan. EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria. PDF

2013

Yang, T.-R., Chuang, H. J., Yang, K. M., and Lee, C. J. 2013. Episodic rifting and tectonic development of Penghu Basin, Taiwan Strait. Western Pacific Sedimenology Meeting, Kewang Park, Taoyuan, Taiwan. (oral)

Kuo, Y. C., Yang, K. M., Yang, T.-R., Chen, Y. R. 2013. Evolution structure model of normal faults in foreland area, SW Taiwan. Annual Meeting of the Chinese Taipei Geophysical Society & Geological Society of Taiwan, Taiwan Geoscience Assembly, Kewang Park, Taoyuan, Taiwan. (poster)

Cheng, Y. N., Wu, X. C., Shan, H. Y., Sato, T., and Yang, T.-R. 2013. Rereading the fossil record – a paleobiological perspective. Annual Meeting of the Chinese Taipei Geophysical Society & Geological Society of Taiwan, 2013 Taiwan Geosciences Assembly, Kewang Park, Taoyuan, Taiwan. (oral)

Yang, K. M., Rau, R. J., Yang, C. H., Yang, T.-R., Huang, S. T., Mei, W. W., Wu, J. C., and Tang, Y. J. 2013. Geological structures and seismicity in foothills of western Taiwan and their implications of deformation in fold-and-thrust belt. EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria. PDF

Yang, T.-R., Chuang, H. J., Yang, K. M., Kuo, Y. C., and Lee, C. J. 2013. Paleogene rift basins along East China Sea: tectonic evolution of Penghu Basin. EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria. (oral) PDF

2012

Kuo, Y. C., Yang, T.-R., Yang, K. M., and Chen, Y. R. 2012. Evolutionary model of main boundary normal fault in foreland area, SW Taiwan, AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, T43B-2676.

Peng, S. C., Yang, T.-R., Yang, K. M., Wu, J. C., and Ting, H. H. 2012 Episodic evolution model of foreland basin in Miaoli, NW Taiwan, AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, T43B-2675.

Yang, T.-R., Yang, K. M., Huang, S. C., Lin, C. W., Lee, C. C., and Wang, J. B. 2012. Sandbox study and tectonic analysis for the rifting structure of the Penghu Basin. Annual meeting of Chinese Taipei Geology and Geophysical Society, NCU, Taoyuan.

Yang, T.-R., Cheng, Y. N., Wu, X. C., and Yang, K. M. 2012. Reproductive and behavioral biology of Cretaceous oviraptoroid dinosaurs. Annual meeting of Chinese Taipei Geology and Geophysical Society, NCU, Taoyuan.

Cheng, Y. N., Wu, X. C., Shan, S. Y., and Yang, T.-R.. 2012. Reconstructing (or deconstructing) the past: case study of the Tarbosaurus bataar from Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Annual meeting of Chinese Taipei Geology and Geophysical Society, NCU, Taoyuan.

Peng, S. C., Yang, K. M., Yang, T.-R., Wu, J. C., and Ting, H. H. 2012. Tectonic evolution model of foreland basin in Miaoli, NW Taiwan. Annual meeting of Chinese Taipei Geology and Geophysical Society, NCU, Taoyuan.

Yang, T.-R., Cheng, Y. N., and Yang, K. M., Did brooding and polygamy behaviors exist on Cretaceous oviraptoroid dinosaurs of China: a paleobiological perspective, 2012, EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria.

2011

Lin, C. W., Yang, K. M., Lee, C. C., Huang, S. J., Yang, T.-R., Ruan, Z. K. and Chuang, B. I., Fault style of two-stage extensional tectonics of Taihsi Basin in Northwestern Taiwan - sandbox model, 2011, Annual meeting of Chinese Taipei Geology and Geophysical Society, Taipei.

Yang, T.-R., Cheng, Y. N., and Yang, K. M., How Cretaceous oviraptoroids dinosaurs laid eggs: incubation or not? 2011, Annual meeting of Chinese Taipei Geology and Geophysical Society, Taipei. (oral)

Yang, T.-R., Cheng, Y. N., and Yang, K. M., Brooding behaviors of Cretaceous oviraptorids Dinosaurs of China, 2011, EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria. PDF

2010

Yang, T.-R., and Rau, R. J., Characteristics of seismicity in the foreland basin of SW Taiwan, 2010, Annual meeting of Chinese Taipei Geology and Geophysical Society, Taipei. PDF

2009

Yang, T.-R., Chang, E. T. Y., Chiang, S. T., and Shyu, C. T., Geothermal monitoring of Chuchihu, Chintanguan and Chinshan stations, and nearby seismic activity analysis, 2009, Summer Program of IONTU, Taipei.

Project Report

Yang, T.-R., and Rau, R. J., Characteristics of seismicity in the foreland basin of SW Taiwan, 2010, College Student Research Creativity Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. (in Chinese) PDF