Lot 626
Dinosaur Egg Unkown Type of Dinosaur, This prepped complete dinosaur egg is 70-80 million years old measuring 4.75 x 4.25 inches and of excellent quality with over 80 percent of its original shell intact. The egg is completely original and has been professionally airbrushed to remove all of the minerals covering the original shell leaving the shell exposed with its chocolate brown color. The important question is just what type of dinosaur deposited this egg. The exact type of dinosaur cannot be determined unless an embryo is found within it. There are many types of dinosaurs but only a handfull have been identified from embryonic bones. What we do know about this mysterious egg is that it's from a plant eating dinosaur and not a theropod (different shape). Also, it is different from the common duckbill dinosaur eggs in both its shape (more spherical) and also the thinness of its shell. It isn't a sauropod egg which is spherical with a black shell preservation. It could be from an armored dinosaur or an ornithomimid (an ostrich type dinosaur) such as Ornitithomimus. Both of these types of dinosaurs have been found in the same area in the Henan Province of China where this egg was recovered. Also, these smaller thin shelled eggs are never found in large nesting areas with hundreds of eggs that define duckbill dinosaurs but rather in isolated nests which could point to an armored dinosaur. Until a complete armored or onithomimid dinosaur is found, the mystery of this dinosaur egg will remain. This interesting dino egg makes an excellent display still standing on a small section of its reddish brown limestone matrix.
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Estimated Value $800 - 1,200
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