Eggceptional fossil of curled up baby dino exhibited in Quanzhou
Published at : December 29, 2021
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The Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum in Quanzhou on Thursday exhibited an immaculately fossilised dinosaur egg with a baby theropod curled up inside.
“This 72 to 66 million-year-old fossil belongs to a toothless theropod dinosaur, also known as the Oviraptor,” commented Mr Gao, a spokesperson for the museum.
The fossil was first found in China in the year 2000 and eventually handed down to be displayed in the museum, which opened in 2019.
Oviraptors lived during the Late Cretaceous period and were known to have feathers.
The bird-like positioning of the dinosaur within the egg has further brought a link between the two species.
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SOT, Gao, Museum spokesperson (Mandarin): "Our museum has a history of nine years since it was built, but it was not officially opened to the public until 2019."
SOT, Gao, Museum spokesperson (Mandarin): "Currently, our museum cooperates with many well-known scientific research institutions at home and abroad, and they are also our expert consultants to help us identify some fossils."
SOT, Gao, Museum spokesperson (Mandarin): "We will then work with some museums to display some of our fossils. For example, we will display our fossils at the Science and Technology Museum of Fujian Province next year."
SOT, Gao, Museum spokesperson (Mandarin): "This 72 to 66 million-year-old fossil belongs to a toothless theropod dinosaur, also known as the Oviraptor."
#Quanzhou #BabyDino #fossil
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The Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum in Quanzhou on Thursday exhibited an immaculately fossilised dinosaur egg with a baby theropod curled up inside.
“This 72 to 66 million-year-old fossil belongs to a toothless theropod dinosaur, also known as the Oviraptor,” commented Mr Gao, a spokesperson for the museum.
The fossil was first found in China in the year 2000 and eventually handed down to be displayed in the museum, which opened in 2019.
Oviraptors lived during the Late Cretaceous period and were known to have feathers.
The bird-like positioning of the dinosaur within the egg has further brought a link between the two species.
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SOT, Gao, Museum spokesperson (Mandarin): "Our museum has a history of nine years since it was built, but it was not officially opened to the public until 2019."
SOT, Gao, Museum spokesperson (Mandarin): "Currently, our museum cooperates with many well-known scientific research institutions at home and abroad, and they are also our expert consultants to help us identify some fossils."
SOT, Gao, Museum spokesperson (Mandarin): "We will then work with some museums to display some of our fossils. For example, we will display our fossils at the Science and Technology Museum of Fujian Province next year."
SOT, Gao, Museum spokesperson (Mandarin): "This 72 to 66 million-year-old fossil belongs to a toothless theropod dinosaur, also known as the Oviraptor."
#Quanzhou #BabyDino #fossil
Video ID: 20211223-055
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