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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.
http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-dinosaur-egg-fossils-found-121945899.html
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)they had bacon in those days too ?
MADem
(135,425 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Brings out the kid in me.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)You must be one of these guys...
Good one...you are so bad!
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)mean that men didn't ride dinosaurs? Those eggs are all older than 6,000 years.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)"The eggs likely were left behind by sauropods millions of years ago. "
No way....those eggs can't be a day over 6,000 years old!
K&R
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Gonna scramble some up with olive oil and bacon!
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)http://wh.gov/7WFA
As members of the scientific and great-imagination communities, we have been dismayed by the bipartisan failure to create a National Dinosaur Clone Park.
We believe one (1) National Park should immediately be fenced off and filled with dinosaur clones (no pterodactyls, trust us).
We demand:
1. One national park, open year round, filled with dinosaurs and (optional) wooly mammoths.
2. The creation of cloned dinosaurs, whatever the cost. We know a place that sells amber jewelry, if it helps.
3. A response to our petition from Vice President Joe Biden (no imitations accepted).
Why not take a leap into the future...through the past?
Nothing could go wrong. No unforeseen consequences. Just educational fun for the Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and small tourist children.
TinkerTot55
(198 posts)Are the Wooly Mammoths a species on exhibit, or are they food ?
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Too bad there are so many of those dumbed down people.
Whoopdedoo
(60 posts)Completely unable to properly pronounce any of those dinosaur names? My tongue is in a knot. Not to mention the brain strain.
memory
(187 posts)I expected to see a picture of CPAC!
caledesi
(11,903 posts)like in Laramie
or climate change
That is how they respond to SCIENCE...LOL
It must be wrong because it doesn't adhere to our "thinking"