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Argentine Team Uncovers Exceptionally Preserved 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg and Nest

Scientists are scanning the fossil at the national museum to determine if an embryo is present.

Overview

  • The discovery was made in Río Negro province during a field excavation by Argentine paleontologists.
  • Researchers report that the find includes a full nest, not just a single egg.
  • The specimen is tentatively attributed to Bonapartenykus, a small alvarezsaurid theropod.
  • The egg, described as looking "hard boiled" and about the size of an ostrich embryo, is under study at the Argentinian Museum of Natural Sciences (Bernardo Rivadavia).
  • Experts note that carnivorous dinosaur eggs rarely fossilize due to thin, fragile shells and emphasize that extracting usable dinosaur DNA is considered implausible.