Tag: China fossil bed


  • A 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg Reveals a Sparkling Calcite Geode

    A 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg Reveals a Sparkling Calcite Geode

    Rare Discovery in a Chinese Fossil Bed A grapefruit-sized dinosaur egg from a fossil bed in China has startled paleontologists by revealing an interior packed with sparkling calcite crystals rather than a typical embryo or sediment. This 70-million-year-old specimen, once expected to house a typical fossilized embryo or mineralized sediment, opened a window into a…