Oviraptor philoceratops Late Cretaceous Central Asia A group of 17 fully inflated eggs comprise a partial clutch with two layers. The exceptional specimens are completely natural and have been prepared in their original matrix. Beautifully preserved in spite of their relative fragility in life, even the bumpy texture of the raised surface of the egg shell is well defined. It was long believed that Oviraptor stole the eggs of other dinosaurs, as the bones of the first Oviraptor skeleton discovered was preserved with eggs. However, scientists ultimately determined that the unfortunate Oviraptors found with eggs were in the act of protecting their own clutches when they were entombed in a cataclysmic event. Measures 26 x 19 x 9in
Oviraptor philoceratops Late Cretaceous Central Asia A group of 17 fully inflated eggs comprise a partial clutch with two layers. The exceptional specimens are completely natural and have been prepared in their original matrix. Beautifully preserved in spite of their relative fragility in life, even the bumpy texture of the raised surface of the egg shell is well defined. It was long believed that Oviraptor stole the eggs of other dinosaurs, as the bones of the first Oviraptor skeleton discovered was preserved with eggs. However, scientists ultimately determined that the unfortunate Oviraptors found with eggs were in the act of protecting their own clutches when they were entombed in a cataclysmic event. Measures 26 x 19 x 9in
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