More than a 66-million-year-old egg found in Antarctica, scientists finally resolve the mystery behind ‘The Thing’ – Happytrips

According to the researchers, the millions year old fossil egg, measuring 29 cm by 20 cm (8 inches by 11 inches), is the second-largest egg in the world. The first position still remains with the eggs of Madagascars extinct giant flightless elephant birds.

Lucas Legendre, a palaeontologist in the University of Texas said, This new egg is the very first fossil egg from Antarctica, and the largest soft-shelled egg ever discovered.

He further said that the egg resembles a deflated football. It is elongated, collapsed, with many creases and folds on its surface. One side is flattened, suggesting this is where it came in contact with the sea floor. Its eggshell is very thin and poorly mineralised, like in the eggs of lizards and snakes.

The egg was found by the Chilean scientists in a rock formation, where several other dinosaur fossils were discovered. All these discoveries were stored in Chiles National Museum of Natural History.

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More than a 66-million-year-old egg found in Antarctica, scientists finally resolve the mystery behind 'The Thing' - Happytrips

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