The two fossilized eggs, which were filled with clusters of calcite crystals, are from a new species of dinosaur.
is nearly never preserved, according to the American Museum of Natural History. Therefore, other properties of the egg, like the size, shape and mineral structure, are used to classify dinosaur eggs into oospecies.
"Dinosaur eggs in the Upper Cretaceous of China are characterized by prodigious quantities, abundant types and wide distribution. Approximately 16 oofamilies and 35 oogenera have been reported in China," the paper's authors write.have been found across China.
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