Amazingly well-preserved fossil egg shows link between dinosaurs and birds, scientists say

Scientists say an amazingly well-preserved fossil egg adds more evidence to the close links between dinosaurs and modern birds.

Darla Zelenitsky, from the University of Calgary, was one of the authors of a just-published paper on the egg, originally discovered in China about 20 years ago.

She said the embryo of the theropod dinosaur is curled up inside the egg just like a chicken, with its back against the broad end of the egg.

Scientists say this amazingly well-preserved fossil egg adds more evidence to the close links between dinosaurs and modern birds. (University of Calgary/The Canadian Press)

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