RAMROD 117,127 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 The fossil in question is that of an oviraptorosaur, a group of bird-like theropod dinosaurs that thrived during the Cretaceous Period, the third and final time period of the Mesozoic Era (commonly known as the 'Age of Dinosaurs') that extended from 145 to 66 million years ago. The new specimen was recovered from uppermost Cretaceous-aged rocks, some 70 million years old, in Ganzhou City in southern China's Jiangxi Province. The fossil consists of an incomplete skeleton of a large, presumably adult oviraptorid crouched in a bird-like brooding posture over a clutch of at least 24 eggs. At least seven of these eggs preserve bones or partial skeletons of unhatched oviraptorid embryos inside. The late stage of development of the embryos and the close proximity of the adult to the eggs strongly suggests that the latter died in the act of incubating its nest, like its modern bird cousins, rather than laying its eggs or simply guarding its nest crocodile-style, as has sometimes been proposed for the few other oviraptorid skeletons that have been found atop nests. Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/scp-wfd030921.php https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/13/world/first-dinosaur-eggs-fossilized-scn-trnd/index.html (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Is it too late for them to hatch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,127 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 minute ago, bionic said: Is it too late for them to hatch? I hope so We don't want John Hammond type billionaire(s) doing crazy shxt with this (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsemanche 97,808 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I NEED PHOTOS Photo: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/13/world/first-dinosaur-eggs-fossilized-scn-trnd/index.html Soft, soothing, and succulent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa 18,830 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 let me call daenearys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Oliver 22,985 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 hour ago, bionic said: Is it too late for them to hatch? I actually wish we could make them hatch, that would be amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Just now, Sneaky Oliver said: I actually wish we could make them hatch, that would be amazing Yeah but failing that I wouldn’t mind a 70 million year old omelette Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Oliver 22,985 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, bionic said: Yeah but failing that I wouldn’t mind a 70 million year old omelette no bitch i want some dinos walking on earth again seriously: if we could somehow extract the genes or something and make them alive perhaps that would make it easier to bring back some (sapiens-era) extincted species Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomOfTheDance 13,795 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sneaky Oliver said: no bitch i want some dinos walking on earth again seriously: if we could somehow extract the genes or something and make them alive perhaps that would make it easier to bring back some (sapiens-era) extincted species I'm pretty sure we could tbh, would be cool as hell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,127 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 55 minutes ago, Sneaky Oliver said: I actually wish we could make them hatch, that would be amazing 40 minutes ago, Meraki said: I'm pretty sure we could tbh, would be cool as hell Y'all learn nothing from Jurassic Park, I see. #WhatCouldGoWrong (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoxo Adriana 15,040 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 a serve tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoxo Adriana 15,040 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Sneaky Oliver said: no bitch i want some dinos walking on earth again seriously: if we could somehow extract the genes or something and make them alive perhaps that would make it easier to bring back some (sapiens-era) extincted species may as well, we could introduce them to the hardcore conservatives. family reunions are always lovely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagz4Gaga 7,278 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Gaga did it first at the Grammys nostalgia’s for geeks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wixson 5,004 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 "...145 to 66 million years ago." that's such a hard concept to grasp. Makes me all sorts of panicky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Diana 24,487 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, Wixson said: "...145 to 66 million years ago." that's such a hard concept to grasp. Makes me all sorts of panicky. and still intact too like u can see the shape wtf diana’s advocate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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