News tagged with fossilized eggs
International team unearths oldest-ever reptile embryos
Dating back 280 million years or so, the oldest known fossil reptile embryos have been unearthed in Uruguay and Brazil. They belong to the ancient aquatic reptiles, mesosaurs. The study of these exceptionally ...
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Apr 12, 2012 |
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Eggs of enigmatic dinosaur discovered
(Phys.org) -- An Argentine-Swedish research team has reported a 70 million years old pocket of fossilized bones and unique eggs of an enigmatic birdlike dinosaur in Patagonia.
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Apr 10, 2012 |
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Paleontologists discover fossilized embryos of oldest aquatic reptiles
South American paleontologists report they have discovered fossilized embryos of the oldest aquatic reptiles, lagoon-dwelling "mesosaurs" that lived about 280 million years ago.
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Mar 28, 2012 |
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Smuggled dinosaur eggs returned to Romania
Three unique dwarf dinosaur eggs that were stolen and smuggled to Italy, were returned to Romania on Wednesday, the interior ministry said.
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Nov 17, 2011 |
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Fossil forensics reveals how wasps populated rotting dinosaur eggs
Exceptionally preserved fossils of insect cocoons have allowed researchers in Argentina to describe how wasps played an important role in food webs devoted to consuming rotting dinosaur eggs. The research ...
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Jul 15, 2011 |
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Elephant bird probably wiped out by nest raiders and habitat loss
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sir David Attenborough has returned to the island of Madagascar to discover the fate of the elephant bird, the largest bird ever to live on Earth, and to make a BBC documentary about it: "Attenborough ...
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Hundreds of dinosaur nests found in India
(PhysOrg.com) -- Geologists have discovered hundreds of fossilized nests each containing clutches of eight dinosaur eggs. The eggs were located in sand banks in Tamil Nadu in Southern India.
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Oct 02, 2009 |
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Rare prehistoric pregnant turtle found in Utah
(AP) -- Paleontologists say a 75-million-year-old turtle fossil uncovered in southern Utah has a clutch of eggs inside, making it the first prehistoric pregnant turtle found in the United States.
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May 08, 2009 |
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Prehistoric turtle goes to hospital for CT scan in search for skull, eggs, embryos
(PhysOrg.com) -- Michael Knell carried a 75-million-year-old turtle into Bozeman Deaconess hospital recently, then laid it carefully on the bed that slides into the CT scanner.
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Apr 15, 2009 |
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