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LOT 002

Natural History - Large Hadrosaur Dinosaur Egg

LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 84-65 MILLION YEARS BP

6 1/4" (5.20kg, 16.5cm).

A large Hadrosaur Charonosaurus egg showing detailing of the shell and sitting on a matrix.

Provenance

From the Xixia basin, Henan province, China, from the Pradi Collection, Boston, USA; acquired 1980s.

Footnotes

Hadrosaur (meaning “Bulky Lizard”) was a large duck billed dinosaur 23-32 feet long. It was a bipedal dinosaur with a large brain and a wide and flat snout with strong large hind legs and short but strong front legs with hoof-like claws. It had a muscular tail that may have served as a swimming paddle. It was a vegetarian and moved quadrupedally when feeding. It was highly social and nested communally.

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