- 1)Therizinosaur (the
more popular name, segnosaur is used on the Exhibition labels),
a long-necked bipedal, possible herbivore that stood about 3
meters high and maybe was 4 meters long. These eggs are oval
in shape and about 90 mm long.
- 2)Perhaps ankylosaur,
a quadrupedal, short-necked, armoured herbivore that stood 2.5
meters high and was up to 10 meters long when adult. These eggs
are cylindrical and about 200 mm long.
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- 3)An as yet unidentified
dinosaur whose eggs are cylindrical and at least half a meter
long.
- 4)Tortoise. Previously
the earliest fossil tortoise of this modern type was about 40
million years old. This find pushes their history back at least
another 35 million years. These eggs are spherical and 40 mm
in diameter.
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