Scientists have discovered an immaculately preserved dinosaur embryo dating back at least 66 million years that was about to hatch from its egg like a chicken.
The toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, whose fossil was unearthed in Ganzhou, southern China, was given the name “Baby Yingliang” by the researchers.
Fion Waisum Ma of the University of Birmingham, who co-authored an article in the journal iScience, told AFP, “It is one of the best dinosaur embryos ever recovered in history.”
Baby Yingliang’s head was located below its body, with its feet on either side and back curled a posture not before seen in dinosaurs but comparable to modern birds, according to Ma and colleagues.
