Tag: fossil bed


  • Dinosaur Egg Geode: 70-Million-Year Crystal Surprise

    Dinosaur Egg Geode: 70-Million-Year Crystal Surprise

    Discovery and Significance A desert-like fossil bed in China yielded an extraordinary find: a grapefruit-sized dinosaur egg from roughly 70 million years ago that, instead of a baby dinosaur or sediment-filled interior, opened to a sparkling chamber of calcite crystals. This rare natural geode challenges common expectations about dinosaur eggs and offers a fresh lens…