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mitch96

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6. What I want to know is how did they get such a pristine look inside the egg? Fossilized in this case would

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2023, 01:21 PM

Dec 2023

mean rock? Not amber or some other medium.
Years ago a doc I worked with was a "junior" anthropologist. When in China he "bought" some fosilized dino eggs. To get a look inside we did highly detailed CT scans of what to me looked like rocks.
All had similar looking insides as in the article. He had one he opened and it was almost impossible to see that quality of detail.
That was a fun distraction from doing real live people..
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Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Egg [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2023 OP

Very interesting. It's amazing how some of these discoveries are in storage for decades. Silent Type Dec 2023 #1

That's really cool! 2naSalit Dec 2023 #2

Yep, plausible posturing for breaking out. BadgerKid Dec 2023 #5

Do they know if it had a heartbeat? BWdem4life Dec 2023 #3

I hope you had a Merry Xmas, Judi Lynn Bayard Dec 2023 #4

What I want to know is how did they get such a pristine look inside the egg? Fossilized in this case would mitch96 Dec 2023 #6