A clutch of dinosaur eggs

[Crazyhen]

This clutch is from Jiangxi of China.  It looks genuine to me but I would like to have your views, and also if the shells are prone to be falling off.

[Troodon]

Looks good.  Eggshells definitely need to be stabilized otherwise they can break off

[snolly50]

@Crazyhen Your posted specimen raised an interesting question in my mind. As you know, the display surfaces we see in excavated eggs are actually the "bottom." That is, the surface that rested against the nest. The opposite face would exhibit the exploded hatching window that allowed the hatchling to escape the egg. Your specimen apparently shows a layer of shell on the matrix to the upper right. To my eye, it appears to represent the inner surface of the shell of a missing egg that corresponds with the hidden face of the other eggs. It does not appear exploded as one would expect from a hatching window. Indeed some of the other eggs rest at least partially atop (in the nest, beneath) another egg. Such positioning would be disrupted if an egg hatched and a young dinosaur emerged. The question, do these observations suggest that these are unhatched eggs - either infertile or perhaps buried, killing the embryos?

[Crazyhen]

One of the broken eggs show signs of embryos, and if it is really embryo, you are right that they are un hatched eggs with embryos killed.

[snolly50]

25 minutes ago, Crazyhen said:

One of the broken eggs show signs of embryos

That is exciting, if the clutch contains sufficiently developed embryos, inference might be drawn as to the species represented. Of course, any progress in further exploration would require research with sophisticated scanning/x-ray technology.