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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 11:04 AM Mar 2013

Hundreds of Dinosaur Egg Fossils Found

Researchers in northeastern Spain say they've uncovered hundreds of dinosaur egg fossils, including four kinds that had never been found before in the region. The eggs likely were left behind by sauropods millions of years ago.

Eggs, eggshell fragments and dozens of clutches were nestled in the stratigraphic layers of the Tremp geological formation at the site of Coll de Nargó in the Spanish province of Lleida, which was a marshy region during the Late Cretaceous Period, the researchers said.

"Eggshells, eggs and nests were found in abundance and they all belong to dinosaurs, sauropods in particular," the study's leader, Albert García Sellés from the Miquel Crusafont Catalan Palaeontology Institute, told Spanish news agency SINC this week.

"Up until now, only one type of dinosaur egg had been documented in the region: Megaloolithus siruguei," Sellés added. His team found evidence of at least four other species: Cairanoolithus roussetensis, Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus siruguei and Megaloolithus baghensis. Megaloolithus eggs are thought to be associated with sauropods, long-necked dinosaurs that were among some of the largest to roam the planet.

http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-dinosaur-egg-fossils-found-121945899.html

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Hundreds of Dinosaur Egg Fossils Found (Original Post) Sherman A1 Mar 2013 OP
Wonder if dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #1
Cue the music....!!!!! MADem Mar 2013 #2
I love new dinosaur finds. JimDandy Mar 2013 #3
You have a kid inside you? Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #7
LOL. JimDandy Mar 2013 #16
OH NOES!!! Does this Skidmore Mar 2013 #4
Don't tell this to Palin and her merry band of Teabaggers at CPAC! PearliePoo2 Mar 2013 #5
Eggs! Breakfast! NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #6
Petition To Convert At Least One (1) National Park Into A Dinosaur Clone Park limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #8
I'm Confused..... TinkerTot55 Mar 2013 #10
Both....efficiency, ya know...... Wounded Bear Mar 2013 #11
really cool iandhr Mar 2013 #9
This article needs to be sent to every creationist Auntie Bush Mar 2013 #12
Am I the only one Whoopdedoo Mar 2013 #13
Honestly..... memory Mar 2013 #14
I bet the fundies heads are exploding now - the new response to facts is ... caledesi Mar 2013 #15

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
5. Don't tell this to Palin and her merry band of Teabaggers at CPAC!
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 11:24 AM
Mar 2013

"The eggs likely were left behind by sauropods millions of years ago. "

No way....those eggs can't be a day over 6,000 years old!




K&R


limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
8. Petition To Convert At Least One (1) National Park Into A Dinosaur Clone Park
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 11:49 AM
Mar 2013

http://wh.gov/7WFA

Convert At Least One (1) National Park Into A Dinosaur Clone Park
As members of the scientific and great-imagination communities, we have been dismayed by the bipartisan failure to create a National Dinosaur Clone Park.

We believe one (1) National Park should immediately be fenced off and filled with dinosaur clones (no pterodactyls, trust us).

We demand:

1. One national park, open year round, filled with dinosaurs and (optional) wooly mammoths.

2. The creation of cloned dinosaurs, whatever the cost. We know a place that sells amber jewelry, if it helps.

3. A response to our petition from Vice President Joe Biden (no imitations accepted).

Why not take a leap into the future...through the past?

Nothing could go wrong. No unforeseen consequences. Just educational fun for the Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and small tourist children.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
12. This article needs to be sent to every creationist
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 02:10 PM
Mar 2013

Too bad there are so many of those dumbed down people.

Whoopdedoo

(60 posts)
13. Am I the only one
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 02:16 PM
Mar 2013

Completely unable to properly pronounce any of those dinosaur names? My tongue is in a knot. Not to mention the brain strain.

caledesi

(11,903 posts)
15. I bet the fundies heads are exploding now - the new response to facts is ...
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 02:30 PM
Mar 2013
it's a hoax!

like in Laramie
or climate change

That is how they respond to SCIENCE...LOL

It must be wrong because it doesn't adhere to our "thinking"


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