Dinosaur Egg – Fossil – 65-125 Million Years Old $895.00
One of three found in a dry bed in Montana, USA in 1965.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial rocks of Cretaceous Age, and most recently at the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market! Dinosaur eggs are represented today as fossils. They represent that product of egg laying activity and can offer clues to how dinosaurs behaved. In some cases the embryonic dinosaur is preserved within the eggshell, and can be studied. Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds. However, some dinosaur eggs closely resemble bird eggs, particularly the type of eggshells in ostrich eggs. The first real discovery of dinosaur eggshell was in 1859 from southern France. The eggs were thought to belong to giant birds at first, because of their large size. More complete eggs were found in 1869. These eggs were believed to belong to a giant crocodile. In 1877, Paul Gervais published the first detailed study of the eggs, and suggested that they could belong to a dinosaur. They are now known to have been laid by the sauropod dinosaur Hypselosaurus
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