Theropod Dinosaur Egg Clutch in Twig Nest

A round dinosaur nest built from textured mud and scattered twigs, holding a ring of long, pebble-textured eggs that lean inward with their narrow ends pointing to the centre. Twig pieces lie across the rim and along the outer wall. The layout is inspired by real fossil clutches of small theropods such as oviraptorids from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and China, which laid elongated eggs in pairs arranged in rings. Fossils of oviraptorids found sitting on top of such clutches show that some…

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