Perfectly preserved, ‘extremely rare’ dinosaur embryo in egg found in China

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2:03Perfectly-preserved dinosaur embryo found inside fossilized egg in China

A 66 to 72-million-year-old dinosaur embryo has been discovered inside a fossilized egg that scientists describe as one of the best-preserved specimens of its kind ever found. The embryo, dubbed “Baby Yingliang,” was discovered in Ganzhou in southern China. It belongs to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviratorosaur.

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