Scientists made a landmark discovery when they found a dinosaur embryo, perfectly preserved, in a museum cupboard in China where it sat unnoticed for a decade. The embryo, a 72-million-year-old oviraptorosaur from the Cretaceous period, was initially unearthed in 2000 and later stored at the Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Named \u2018Baby Yingliang\u2019, this embryo measures just 27cm long but has provided invaluable insights into the connection between dinosaurs and modern birds due to its unique \u2018tucking\u2019 position\u2014similar to that of a late-stage bird embryo. \u201cThis little prenatal dinosaur looks just like a baby bird curled in its egg,\u201d said Professor Steve Brusatte, reflecting on the embryo\u2019s significance. Fion Waisum Ma, a PhD researcher, noted the similarities between the poses of \u2018Baby Yingliang\u2019 and a chicken embryo, suggesting comparable prehatching behaviors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2021 study by the University of Birmingham and China University of Geosciences detailed these findings, with scientists concluding that the posture was \u201cpreviously unrecognized in a non-avian dinosaur, but reminiscent of a late-stage modern bird embryo,\u201d underscoring the evolutionary links between the species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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