Scientists have announced the discovery of a perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo that was preparing to hatch from its egg, just like a chicken.
- The preserved embryo was discovered in Ganzhou in China and researchers estimate it is at least 66 million years old.
- It is believed to be a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, and has been named Baby Yingliang.
- Researcher Dr Fion Waisum Ma said it is “the best dinosaur embryo ever found in history”.
- Oviraptorosaurs, which means “egg thief lizards,” were feathered dinosaurs that lived in what is now Asia and North America during the Late Cretaceous period – between 100 million to 66 million years ago.
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