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Dinosaur Egg Fossils

Dinosaur

Dinosaur egg is a kind of special ancient egg fossils and natural heritage of geological history period. It has been found in many countries so far. China is one of countries where distribution of dinosaur egg is widest. Dinosaur eggs have been found in 17 provinces and districts. Dinosaur eggs found in Henan possesses distinctive feature. There are large dinosaur eggs found in Henan. They have more layers containing eggs, complete types, reliable era, good primitive state and section of boundary line between Mesozoic Era and the Cenozoic Era, eggs and bones intergrow with other categories and eggs are always found in clutches. We have found 7 families, 10 genus and 19 species according to current research achievement. Henan Museum possesses most dinosaur eggs in the world, up to over 2500, Symbolic dinosaur eggs are Dendoroolithus, Paraspheroolithus and Longiteresoolithus.

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