Road workers discovered fossilized dinosaur eggs laying in China

Chinese workers, carry out routine road maintenance in Sunstream City, Guangdong Province, accidentally discovered quite a large clutch of eggs of dinosaurs (of course, this is a fossil). It is worth noting that the local museum in 2004 hit the Guinness Book of Records for the largest collection of dinosaur eggs (currently 10008).

Since 1996, it has been found about 17,000 fossilized eggs dinoavzrov. One of these days I will add to this number yet and 43 dinosaur eggs, which were road workers. Masonry was located in red sandstone, just under the road that had been repaired.



Some of the eggs reached 13 centimeters in diameter. In this case, 19 eggs remained intact and undamaged.

Note that Heyyan city is known not only as a place where often find fossilized dinosaur eggs. It also found 11 dinosaur skeletons and about 200 prints since 2006.



Age found in eggs scientists estimate 65-86 million years. So far, the species belonging masonry is not defined, the experts dealing with the issue.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/249502/