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Ladies and gents, I have a dino egg I need some help with. Since file size is limited to 2.9 ill have to post the other picture in the comments. 

 

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2 hours ago, ynot said:

Nice looking egg.

Huh ? !

Circle the shell texture, and I'll be in. Until then I see concretion. 

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Looks like a Chinese segnosaur egg unless it was found in Missouri, which would most certainly make it a concretion. There does appear to be texture and the cracking is typical of Chinese eggs. It could use some prepping, but a pretty nice specimen.

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3 minutes ago, steelhead9 said:

Looks like a Chinese segnosaur egg unless it was found in Missouri, which would most certainly make it a concretion. There does appear to be texture and the cracking is typical of Chinese eggs. It could use some prepping, but a pretty nice specimen.

I can go along that far.

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Asked before but what is your question about the egg?  Need answers to ynots questions.

 

This addresses is it real. 

Agree with steelhead9 looks like a nice egg.  I am seeing the shell texture in the first pictures, right side,  and shell cracking typical of an egg and there is red matrix in the cracks (Typical China/Mongolia).  We do need confirmation on locality to confirm.

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Cropped and brightened:

 

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Wow, didn't realize how active this community was. This egg was part of an estate, so origins are not going to be concrete however it is very possible that this came from China. The measurements I took look to be around 30 cm in circumference, 10-12 cm length, 8-9 cm in width and 3-4 cm in height.

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It does look like a Chinese egg. It could be a "Segnosaur" egg or Spheroolithus sp. egg. Segnosaur eggs are thought to be from Therizinosaurid dinosaurs, and Spheroolithus sp. probably from hadrosaurids.

 

Personally, I am leaning towards Spheroolithus sp. due to the 12cm length.

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32 minutes ago, fossilizedcorgi said:

Does weight have any bearing? 414 grams

Not really, unless it is real light (plaster of paris).

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To be honest, I wasn't super interested in paleontology until I found this egg. So cool how active the community here is. 

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