INQUIRER.net: Fossilized embryos shed light on dinosaur development

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Fossilized embryos shed light on dinosaur development Apr 10th 2013, 23:33 PARIS—Scientists on Wednesday said they had unearthed a treasure trove of fossilized dinosaur embryos dating back some 190 million years, a find that sheds light on how these enigmatic reptiles developed in the egg.   Palaeontologists excavated more than 200 bones from 20 embryonic dinosaurs in Lufeng in China's Yunnan province, they wrote in the journal Nature.   The remains were from a long-necked herbivore called Lufengosaurus, a common dinosaur in the Early Jurassic period that measured about eight meters (26 feet) when fully grown.   Analysis of the femur, the longest bone in the dinosaur's body, showed the reptiles grew very quickly inside the... Keep on reading: Fossilized embryos shed light on dinosaur development Media files: dinosaur-embryo.jpg (image/jpeg)

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