Scientists said “Baby Yingliang” was found in a pose similar to a chicken before hatching.
The discovery of a fossilised dinosaur egg laid more than 66 million years ago and containing a complete tucked-in embryo has excited researchers and provided a link between dinosaurs and modern-day birds.
It wasn’t until the company began building the Yingliang Stone Nature History Museum in 2010 that museum staff found the fossil, noticing bones within the egg.Credit:Their findings were published in the“Dinosaur embryos are some of the rarest fossils, and most of them are incomplete with the bones dislocated. We are very excited about the discovery of ‘Baby Yingliang’,” Fion Waisum Ma, author of the study and researcher at the University of Birmingham in England, said in a statement.
But a distinct feature scientists noticed was it shared a pose very similar to that of birds before hatching, something thought to be unique in the animal kingdom.Researchers said it was in a tucking position, with the feet on the side of its head and its back against the shell. If today’s birds don’t stay in that position before hatching, they have a higher chance of dying before or at birth.
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