Science
World’s first dinosaur preserved sitting on nest of eggs with fossilized babies – EurekAlert
A multinational team of researchers has announced a first for the world of paleontology: a preserved dinosaur sitting atop a nest of its own eggs that include fossilized…
IMAGE: An attentive oviraptorid theropod dinosaur broods its nest of blue-green eggs while its mate looks on in what is now Jiangxi Province of southern China some 70 million years ago….
view more
Credit: © Zhao Chuang
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….
-
Noosa News15 hours agoSearch for man who ‘faked death’ slowed by unusual French law
-
Noosa News17 hours agoAustralia’s biggest sheep drive, and the young drover history forgot
-
Noosa News13 hours agoPolice appeal for information after two men found dead
-
Noosa News20 hours agoNow Open: The Family Behind Merlo Coffee Continues Its Legacy in Bowen Hills with the Arrival of Milano Bakehouse