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Unconventional laser dating reveals 86-mln-year-old dinosaur egg in central China
By Xinhua Published: Sep 30, 2025 10:05 PM
A researcher conducts sampling on a dinosaur egg fossil at the Qinglong Mountain site in Shiyan City, central China's Hubei Province, May 2024. (Hubei Institute of Geosciences in China/Handout via Xinhua)

A researcher conducts sampling on a dinosaur egg fossil at the Qinglong Mountain site in Shiyan City, central China's Hubei Province, May 2024. (Hubei Institute of Geosciences in China/Handout via Xinhua)


 
This file photo taken in December 2023 shows a group of fossilized dinosaur eggs at the Qinglong Mountain site in Shiyan City, central China's Hubei Province. (Hubei Institute of Geosciences in China/Handout via Xinhua)

This file photo taken in December 2023 shows a group of fossilized dinosaur eggs at the Qinglong Mountain site in Shiyan City, central China's Hubei Province. (Hubei Institute of Geosciences in China/Handout via Xinhua)