Researchers demonstrate oldest dinosaur embryos
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In the laboratory are Dr. Koen Stein (right) and Olaf Dülfer, University of Bonn from the Steinmann-Institute. An international team of researchers, including a paleontologist from the University of Bonn, have proven dinosaur embryos to be the oldest ever found. The specimens of Lufengosaurus discovered in China lived during the lower Jurassic about 200 to 190 million years ago. Based on the bone tissue, Dr. Koen Stein was able to show that the fossils must have been in a very early stage of development. The rapid growth and high reproductive rate of these Chinese dinosaurs is astounding. The results are now being presented in the renowned scientific journal "Nature".