Wednesday, April 10, 2013


Researchers from Canada, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, Australia, and Germany worked together to excavate a site in Lufeng, China. They found some of the oldest known embryonic dinosaur fossils (from the lower Jurassic), allowing them to examine the development of dinosaur embryos in greater detail than ever before.

Even more exciting, they found what may be collagen fibers in the fossils. Fossils are bones turned to rock over time, and to find organic material in such old fossils is amazing.

To read more about dinosaur babies, go to:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130410131216.htm

Picture courtesy of:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130410131216.htm
Researchers from Canada, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, Australia, and Germany worked together to excavate a site in Lufeng, China. They found some of the oldest known embryonic dinosaur fossils (from the lower Jurassic), allowing them to examine the development of dinosaur embryos in greater detail than ever before.

Even more exciting, they found what may be collagen fibers in the fossils. Fossils are bones turned to rock over time, and to find organic material in such old fossils is amazing.

To read more about dinosaur babies, go to:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130410131216.htm

Picture courtesy of:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130410131216.htm

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