TeethCollector Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) I received an offer for a Hadrosaur egg from Nanxiong formation.. and I am confused because the egg looks too perfect... and the crack of the egg looks unnatural to me. Would you share your opinions? Edited August 5, 2021 by TeethCollector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeethCollector Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristineR Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 You will surely receive responses by Sunday or Monday, after everyone returns from hunting. In the meantime, post a few crisp, clear pictures of the texture from different sections. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Hi TeethCollector. I agree with Christine.Rowland sharper photos of the egg shell would be very helpful. Some of the shell looks like it’s been reattached? Based on your photos it does not look like any of the eggs, attributed to Hadrosaurs, that I’ve seen but I’m not an expert. The colour seems a bit odd. My own opinion is to proceed with caution where this egg is concerned, and wait for the observations of experienced forum members. Be mindful of the fact that import/export laws exist on material coming from China! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristineR Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 In the meantime, here is an informative post from @-Andy- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) This photo makes me think it's real, with possible repairs. As always, try to get sharper photos This type of egg isn't too uncommon. No one can say if they are hadrosaur or not, but that's what they are commonly sold as even in China Edited August 7, 2021 by -Andy- 2 Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Your egg does look real as others have said. Looks like some of the shell material had been reattached. You dont ID eggs to a species or family group but it does not look like what some might call hadrosaur. The formation is noted for Oviraptorid eggs which this is not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeethCollector Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 11 hours ago, bcfossilcollector said: Hi TeethCollector. I agree with Christine.Rowland sharper photos of the egg shell would be very helpful. Some of the shell looks like it’s been reattached? Based on your photos it does not look like any of the eggs, attributed to Hadrosaurs, that I’ve seen but I’m not an expert. The colour seems a bit odd. My own opinion is to proceed with caution where this egg is concerned, and wait for the observations of experienced forum members. Be mindful of the fact that import/export laws exist on material coming from China! Thank you for let me know about the legal issue! Yes I do know that.. but I'm not importing or exporting this. This is from U.S. seller. I guess this is from an old collection. And, thank you for comments! Thank you for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeethCollector Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 Some of the collections from the formation do contains eggs with round shape(The C2 egg in the photo), so I guess this is one of them… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Yang et al (2019) describes those C2 clutch eggs has Macroolithus and identifies them as Oviraptorids. Not sure what size your eggs are but the yellow dashed line is 44mm, so small. Yours looks a lot bigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeethCollector Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 Then, this one may be a new type of egg from the place or the locality may be wrong. I see this type of egg with similar size from a newspaper and they say the egg is from Heyuan city. https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/asia/china-dinosaur-eggs-found/index.html By the way, I made the deal. I'll post detailed photos here once I receive this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 The egg look genuine to me too. As Andy said, it's not an uncommon type of egg from Nanxiong Formation. It looks like this clutch that is from Heyuan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeethCollector Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 19 hours ago, Crazyhen said: The egg look genuine to me too. As Andy said, it's not an uncommon type of egg from Nanxiong Formation. It looks like this clutch that is from Heyuan. Is Nanxiong Formation located in Heyuan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, TeethCollector said: Is Nanxiong Formation located in Heyuan? Part of Heyuan belongs to Nanxiong Formation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeethCollector Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Crazyhen said: Part of Heyuan belongs to Nanxiong Formation. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeethCollector Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 I finally received the egg. The egg looks more realistic than showing in the seller's photo. Has clear evidence of shell texture and cracks. Really nice egg. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guns Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, TeethCollector said: I finally received the egg. The egg looks more realistic than showing in the seller's photo. Has clear evidence of shell texture and cracks. Really nice egg. Wow nice egg ! congrat ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeethCollector Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 Thank you @Guns ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) That's a very nice egg! Congrats! Edited August 17, 2021 by fossilhunter21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonsDoc Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Nice egg. Looks authentic to me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeethCollector Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 Thank you HamptonsDoc and fossilhunter21 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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