Word: oviraptor
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...that all the details of the dinosaur-bird link have been ironed out. While current thinking favors speedy predators like velociraptors as the direct ancestors of modern birds, both Chiappe and Norell argue that the birds' forebears could just as easily have been troodontids like Mei long or even oviraptors, another related type of dinosaur. (Several years ago in Mongolia, Norell and colleagues unearthed a fossil oviraptor sitting on its egg-filled nest.) And then there's also the open question of how flight evolved. Mei long, says Chiappe, was clearly sleeping on the ground. But if flight began...
...variety of dinosaur nests and eggs from around the world. Visitors can see and touch real dinosaur bones and a dinosaur nest nearly eight feet in diameter. The exhibit presents new theories about dinosaur reproduction and general behavior. Other attractions include the longest eggs ever discovered born of an oviraptor from China, a 75 million-year-old titanosaur egg the size of a bowling ball and a DVD presentation on baby dinosaurs and embryos. Runs through Sept. 1. $7.50 adults, $6 seniors/students. Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford...
...variety of dinosaur nests and eggs from around the world. Visitors can see and touch real dinosaur bones and a dinosaur nest nearly eight feet in diameter. The exhibit presents new theories about dinosaur reproduction and general behavior. Other attractions include the longest eggs ever discovered born of an oviraptor from China, a 75 million-year-old titanosaur egg the size of a bowling ball and a DVD presentation on baby dinosaurs and embryos. Runs through Sept. 1. $7.50 adults, $6 seniors/students. Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford...