The first complete pterosaur dinosaur eggs have been found in China.
The discovery in the Xinjiang Uygur Region, western China, is the world’s largest and most well-preserved cluster of three-dimensional fossils ever found.
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles with wingspans ranging from 25 cm to 12 metres, and they lived together in large colonies.
The discovery represents a new genus and species known as Hamipterus tianshanensis.
Speaking to the journal Current Biology, field researcher Wang Youlin described the eggs as ‘three-dimensionally’ preserved.
The fossils were unearthed during a study conducted by a team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who have been excavating the fossil-rich region for the past 10 years.
Wang says that sediment samples in the area suggest the pterosaurs died in a large storm about 120million years ago.
source: metro UK