68 million Years old Worlds Largest Reptile Egg Found in Antarctica

 

A 68 million-year-old wrolds largest soft shelled egg which was found nine years ago might belong to Mosasaur. a new study published in the journal Nature on June 17 stated. Mosasaurs are an extinct species of large marine reptiles that lived in the dinosaur era in Antarctica. Researchers have said in the fossilised egg is the second-largest to be discovered in the world and the largest soft-shelled egg to be found in Antarctica. Scientists however in their study were not able to identify the animal that laid the egg. The animal that had laid the egg could be up to 17 meters tall The fossil was found by Chilian researchers in 2011, in a seasonal stream, about 660 feet away from the remains of 33 foot long a mosasaur unearthed in Antarctica. However, despite the proximity of the egg to the mosasaur, the identity of the animal who laid the egg remains unknown, researchers in the study said. Music Credits: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/