A fossilized ancient egg discovered in Antarctica nearly a decade ago has finally been identified, shedding new light on ...

Paleontologists discover a fossilized bird with its egg still inside from northwestern China. The study was led by Alida ...

The discoveries, made within the Mussentuchit Member of the formation, revealed that at least six different fossil egg species, known as ootaxa, existed there around 100 million years ago.

New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...

Researchers have been digging at the site for more than half a century. It was also the site of the first fossilized egg find from the Cenomanian age. Because of work conducted at places like the ...

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The diversity of fossil eggs – known by the fun word "oodiversity" – had been limited to just one unstable taxon, Macroelongatoolithus carlylei. Now, a team of scientists has shaken up the ...

“They provide data points beyond body fossils alone and a fascinating window into the behavioral ecology of these taxa.” There is a wide diversity of dinosaur eggs, which vary by shape, size, texture, ...