{"id":2708,"date":"2021-12-24T13:21:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T13:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sinitargaming.com\/wires\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2021-12-24T13:57:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T13:57:44","slug":"perfectly-preserved-dinosaur-embryo-found-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinitargaming.com\/wires\/2021\/12\/24\/perfectly-preserved-dinosaur-embryo-found-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo found in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2708\" class=\"elementor elementor-2708\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7a156f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7a156f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c83395\" data-id=\"4c83395\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5fcf17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5fcf17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.2 - 22-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Scientists announced that they have found an egg with a\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">perfectly preserved\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">dinosaur embryo in the city of Ganzhou in southern China. According to researchers, it is at least 66 million years old.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">It is believed to be a toothless\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theropoda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theropod dinosaur<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">\u00a0or an\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oviraptorosauria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oviraptorosaurus<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">. Researcher Dr. Fion Weissum Ma said it was <\/span><i style=\"font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">&#8220;the best dinosaur embryo ever discovered.&#8221;<br \/><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">The discovery also gave researchers a better understanding of the relationship between dinosaurs and modern birds. Fossils show that the embryo was in a folded position, which is observed in birds shortly before the hatching.<\/span><\/p><p>Oviraptorosaurs, or &#8220;egg-stealing lizards,&#8221; were feathered dinosaurs which lived on territory of modern Asia and North America during the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Late_Cretaceous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Late Cretaceous<\/a>, 100 to 66 million years ago.<br \/>The dinosaur found was named Baby Yingliang. It is 27 cm (10.6 inches) long from head to tail and lies in an egg 6.7 inches long.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a39032a elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"a39032a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.2 - 22-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-container{position:static}.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-container .swiper-slide figure{line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-slide{text-align:center}.elementor-image-carousel-wrapper:not(.swiper-container-initialized) .swiper-slide{max-width:calc(100% \/ var(--e-image-carousel-slides-to-show, 3))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper-container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sinitargaming.com\/wires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/6v8gCLkP6MB9UGSe4rgMp3.jpg\" alt=\"Oviraptorosaur\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sinitargaming.com\/wires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JwtqfXpoGNuuLNMRCeWta4-970-80.jpg\" alt=\"Oviraptorosaur\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sinitargaming.com\/wires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ZDJYm8ngjwVkkYcfPgUDg3-970-80.jpg\" alt=\"Oviraptorosaur\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Previous<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14855fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14855fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.2 - 22-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><i>Jurassic Park when?<\/i><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e13667c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e13667c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-024364e\" data-id=\"024364e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252ca18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"252ca18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Not soon. While the idea to clone and breed alive dinosaurs looks attractive and doable with the modern genetic technologies available, there are many obstacles which render such a process impossible &#8211; at least, on the same scale and form it was done in the movie. Yet, this find definitely can shed lots of light to what humanity knows about the bygone era of dinosaurs.<br>Source:&nbsp;<a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/dinosaur-embryo-fossil-egg-discovered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Science<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-59748281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>. 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