Oviraptor philoceratops 11 Egg Nest Styracosaurus This replica egg is molded

This replica egg is molded and cast from the original egg

was created by the slow decomposition of dead vegetation in an anoxic environment combined with the fine grained sediments which accumulated at the bottom of these lakes

armadillos and some lizards

huge members of the family Castoridae (Rodentia)

Oviraptor philoceratops 11 Egg Nest Styracosaurus This replica egg is moldedOviraptor 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