Oldest dinosaur embryos identified

PALEONTOLOGISTS have just identified the world’s oldest known dinosaur embryos, according to a paper in the current Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Oldest dinosaur embryos identified

The embryos, found in their still well-preserved eggs, date to the early Jurassic Period 190 million years ago. The researchers say they are the oldest known embryos for any land-dwelling vertebrate.

They belong to Massospondylus, a member of a group of dinosaurs called prosauropods that were ancestors to the giant, plant-eating sauropods.

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