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Hundreds of dinosaur egg fossils found
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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.
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dballance
(5,756 posts)Those people who deny evolution and the age of the earth must be apoplectic right now. And no, no, no Jesus did not ride dinosaurs. The so-called museum in KY really is a joke. Not that Jesus ever really existed anyway. Totally fictional character. Mythology is such fun.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)The Dead Sea Scrolls contradict that statement.
greiner3
(5,214 posts)The Dead Sea Scrolls that also tell of Jesus being married with children?
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)not the manner in which the bible was selectively published.