Scientists find 215 fossilised eggs of flying reptile that went extinct about 66 million years ago
The eggs, belonging to a pterosaur species, were found in the Turpan-Hami Basin in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Scientists have discovered in northwestern China over 200 fossilised eggs of the pterosaurs, a flying reptile that went extinct about 66 million years ago, Reuters reported.
The record haul of 215 eggs belong to a pterosaur species known as Hamipterus tianshanensis, which was first discovered in 2005 in the Turpan-Hami Basin in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region site, scientists said on Thursday. This includes 16 eggs with partial embryonic remains. The adults of this fish-eating reptile had a crest on top of an elongated skull, pointy teeth and a wingspan of more than 11 feet.
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