Identifiable hadrosaur embryo fossils discovered in China

STORY: Identifiable hadrosaur embryo fossils discovered in China DATELINE: May 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fossils STORYLINE: Two egg fossils containing identifiable hadrosaur embryos have been discovered in the city of Ganzhou, east China's Jiangxi Province, scientists said. The fossils, which date back to 66 to 72 million years ago, are now preserved at the Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum in Fujian Province. The better-preserved egg has the shape of a prolate spheroid, with a total volume of approximately 660 ml. The embryo fills about 40 percent of the egg's area. A paper on the finding, co-authored by researchers in China and Canada, has been published in the journal BMC Ecology and Evolution. While hadrosaur embryo fossils have been discovered before, the two found in Ganzhou are so far the best-preserved of their kind, according to the research team. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Fuzhou, China. (XHTV)

Dinosaur fossil teeth unearthed in southwestern Japan

Dinosaur fossil teeth unearthed in southwestern Japan

Fossil teeth of a plant-eating dinosaur are shown at Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan on July 10, 2017. Thirty-five fossil teeth, believed to be from a herbivore similar to the hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, have been unearthed from a geological layer of the late Cretaceous period on the west bank of Nagasaki Peninsula in southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dinosaur fossil teeth unearthed in southwestern Japan

Dinosaur fossil teeth unearthed in southwestern Japan

A fossil tooth of a plant-eating dinosaur is shown at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan on July 10, 2017. Thirty-five fossil teeth, believed to be of a herbivore similar to the hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, have been unearthed from a geological layer of the late Cretaceous period on the west bank of Nagasaki Peninsula in southwestern Japan, according to the museum and the city of Nagasaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo