[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]
First dinosaur eggs found ready to lay in mothher
The pelvis of an oviraptor includes two eggs with shells in place, almost ready
to lay, showing that theropods had two working oviducts, in contrast to the one
of birds. It also shows that dinosaurs laid pairs of eggs in a series of
sittings to make a whole clutch, not a whole batch at once. The paper is in the
just-out Science; the story with photos is at
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7267
It's a really impressive fossil.
--
Jeff Hecht, science & technology writer
jeff@jeffhecht.com; http://www.jeffhecht.com
Boston Correspondent: New Scientist magazine
Contributing Editor: Laser Focus World
525 Auburn St., Auburndale, MA 02466 USA
v. 617-965-3834; fax 617-332-4760