China News Service, Shiyan, May 28 (Cao Zhonghong, Guo Di) A dinosaur egg fossil site was recently discovered in Yunyang District, Shiyan City, Hubei Province.

On the 28th, according to the preliminary estimation by experts, the stratum of the dinosaur egg fossil site was in the late Cretaceous period about 66 million years ago. The fossil density is relatively high, and some of the in-situ fossils are well preserved.

  The newly discovered dinosaur egg fossil site is located in Huaxin Yunyang Circular Economy Industrial Park, Aojiawan, Chadian Town, Yunyang District.

On May 26, several suspected dinosaur egg fossils and fragments were found in the industrial park during the construction of the project, and they were reported to relevant departments immediately.

Photo courtesy of the dinosaur egg fossil excavation site in Aojiawan, Chadian Town, Yunyang District, Shiyan City

  After receiving the information, the Natural Resources and Planning Bureau of Yunyang District dispatched staff to the site as soon as possible to quickly take protective measures, and at the same time actively contacted the Hubei Provincial Institute of Geological Sciences to investigate the site.

  According to the preliminary appraisal of experts, the fossil is a very precious fossil of ancient creature dinosaur eggs.

Wang Wei, an engineer from the Hubei Provincial Institute of Geological Sciences who carried out the identification work on the site, said: “This is the topography of the Late Cretaceous period 66 million years ago. There are differences, there are two or three categories."

Photo courtesy of the dinosaur egg fossil excavation site in Aojiawan, Chadian Town, Yunyang District, Shiyan City

  Since the 1990s, geologists have unearthed tens of thousands of dinosaur egg fossils and dinosaur bone fossils in places such as Qinglong Mountain, Liubei Town, Yunyang District.

The dinosaur egg fossil site found in Aojiawan, Chadian Town, is about 10 kilometers away from the Qinglongshan Dinosaur Egg Fossil Group National Geological Park. The 40 fossils that have been unearthed are preliminarily speculated as new dinosaur egg fossil species.

At present, Yunyang District has taken protective measures, and further investigation and scientific research will be carried out in the follow-up.

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