Oviraptor philoceratops 11 Egg Nest Styracosaurus weighed roughly 8 tons

weighed roughly 8 tons

Sereno recently found a large Sarcosuchus in Niger

frequently ripple-marked

all of these are less common in the Americas

armadillos and some lizards

Oviraptor philoceratops 11 Egg Nest Styracosaurus weighed roughly 8 tonsOviraptor philoceratops is the dinosaur which is believed to have laid these eggs. Oviraptor philoceratops lived during the Late Cretaceous (88 70 million years ago). They were first found by paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, in the Gobi Desert, in Mongolia, in 1924, and described by Henry Osborn. Originally Oviraptor eggs were thought to be those of a Protoceratops, which was one of the more abundant species from the area where they were first