Dinosaur eggs disovered in Fujian province

By HU MEIDONG and ZHANG YU | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2023-05-19 18:34
Share
Share - WeChat
A fossil egg nest and a section of eggshell belonging to dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous epoch were discovered recently in Huangzhu village of Shanghang county, Fujian province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Fossil dinosaur eggs from the Late Cretaceous epoch were discovered recently in Huangzhu village of Shanghang county, Fujian province, the county's bureau of natural resources said on Thursday.

They were discovered by a research team from the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey. Experts said it could be an egg nest that was in the hatching stage or had already hatched, and had been preserved at its original location.

Last year, more than 30 fossil footprints of dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous epoch were found.

According to Wang Qiang, associate researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the nest included a large piece of an eggshell.

"Through the large eggshell, we can judge that the size of the egg would have been 15 to 17 centimeters," Wang said.

Experts believed the shell was from an oviraptor, a bipedal dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous period having a toothless jaw and long forelimbs with clawed fingers.

"There are many questions that need further research, such as how long it took to lay the eggs," Wang said.

1 2 3 4 5 Next   >>|
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US