Eastern Asia, China, Henan Province, late Cretaceous, ca. 100 to 65 million years ago. A well-preserved fossilized egg from the hadrosauridae family, with the characteristic pebbly eggshell texture and ovoid shape nicely preserved! The cracked surface is the result of the fossilization process and/or the hatching of the baby dinosaur. Hadrosaurids are also known as duck-billed dinosaurs, since they had broad, flattened snouts that looked like beaks. These herbivores had grinding teeth for vegetation. This egg provides a marvelous look into the life of these prehistoric creatures! Size: 6" L x 4.75" W x 4.3" H (15.2 cm x 12.1 cm x 10.9 cm)

In the past few decades, paleontological research in China has rewritten our knowledge of dinosaurs, especially the later Cretaceous period, which was previously known mainly from western North America. Incredible finds of fossilized skeletal remains, eggs, nests, footprints, and related non-dinosaur animals and plants have given us a new understanding of how dinosaurs lived - and how they parented. Scholars posit that these animals were devoted parents, nurturing their children from eggs through childhood and living in family units.

Provenance: ex-Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired prior to 2010

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Losses to shell especially on base and along peripheries. Visible cracks and fissures as shown. Nice preservation of shell texture.