Oldest Dinosaur Embryos Give Insights Into Infancy And Growth

[Nandomas]

Oldest Dinosaur Embryos Give Insights Into Infancy and Growth

The eggs, that represent the oldest embryos of any land-dwelling vertebrate ever found, were found in 1976 in South Africa, date from the early part of the Jurassic Period, 190 million years ago. They belong to Massospondylus (măs-ō-spŏn-dīl-ŭs), a member of a group of dinosaurs known as prosauropods that are the ancestors to the later sauropods -- the large, four-legged dinosaurs with long necks, typified by the popular 'Brontosaurus' and Diplodocus.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101111163339.htm

Edited November 17, 2010 by Nandomas

[Scylla]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/photogalleries/101116-oldest-dinosaur-embryos-eggs-science-photos-pictures/

here's a link to the story.

[Nicholas]

That's a remarkable fossil, I wonder when a pdf will be available to the public.

[Nandomas]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/photogalleries/101116-oldest-dinosaur-embryos-eggs-science-photos-pictures/

here's a link to the story.

Sorry, forgot the link :blush: fixed