Lot 885
70 Million Year Old Museum Quality Duck-Bill Dinosaur Egg. This complete unhatched prepared Hadrosaur (Duck-bill) dinosaur egg is 70-80 million years old 6 inches long and 5 inches wide and is museum quality with nearly 100 per cent of its original shell still intact. It was found by farmers from the Xixia, Henan Province of China. The exact species of dinosaur cannot be determined from just the egg, but this shape of egg has been determined to be from a duckbill dinosaur from duckbill dino bones found in the area of these recoverd eggs. Bones from the huge Hadrosaur Shantungosaurus which reached more than 50 feet in length have been found in the same area. Fewer than one percent of dinosaur eggs are as complete and pristine as this egg. Thos exquisite egg is still positioned on a small red sandstone base of the original stone matrix. It has been airbrush to removed the stone matrix covering the shell caring a lovely dark brown color eggshell.
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Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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| Realized $920 |
