Rare discovery of dinosaur egg fossil reported in South Korea southwestern region
25 Feb 2023 12:48pm
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It was considered rare for both carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaur egg fossils to be found in the same place, according to Yonhap news agency.
Four eggs of dinosaurs preserved in complete shape and over 100 fragments of eggs were uncovered in Sinan County of South Jeolla Province on Sunday, according to the Korea Dinosaur Research Centre at Chonnam National University. Fossils of dinosaur bones were also unearthed at the site.
Further analysis showed that the fossils partially came from large herbivorous dinosaur eggs, with the remainders presumed to be either from small plant-eating dinosaurs or birds.
The latest fossils were excavated at a location just 100 metres next to the site where a fossilised nest of carnivorous dinosaurs were discovered in 2009. Both fossils were presumed to be from the same era as they were found on the same rock layers.
Given that dinosaurs tend to breed in their own territories, it was considered extremely rare for plant-eating and meat-eating dinosaur fossils to be found at the same site, according to Huh Min, director of the research centre. - BERNAMA
