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CONICET Team Reveals Exceptionally Preserved Carnivorous Dinosaur Egg Live From Patagonia Dig

Upcoming lab work will probe for an embryo to confirm the tentative Bonapartenykus‑like identification.

Overview

  • Researchers uncovered a nest with multiple eggs, with one specimen presented intact during the Expedición Cretácica I livestream.
  • The team provisionally attributes the eggs to a carnivorous theropod similar to Bonapartenykus ultimus, pending laboratory confirmation.
  • The discovery comes from a Late Cretaceous site near General Roca in Río Negro, estimated at about 70 million years old.
  • Scientists say the intact egg could preserve an embryo, offering rare insights into reproduction and development of South American theropods.
  • The publicly streamed campaign continues this week with support from CONICET, the Fundación Félix de Azara and the National Geographic Society.