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Fossil eggshells from Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation include Cretaceous period eggs from 3 feathered bird-like dinosaurs, 2 herbivorous dinosaurs, and a crocodile-like species found for the first tim

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Fossil eggshells from Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation include Cretaceous period eggs from 3 feathered bird-like dinosaurs, 2 herbivorous dinosaurs, and a crocodile-like species found for the first tim
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Fossil eggshells from Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation include Cretaceous period eggs from 3 feathered bird-like dinosaurs, 2 herbivorous dinosaurs, and a crocodile-like species found for the first time outside Europe

 

 

Article URL: https://plos.io/42XpPYx

Article title: Fossil eggshell diversity of the Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah

Author countries: U.S., South Africa

Funding: This research was supported by Canyonlands Natural History Association, Global Creatures, and MagicSpace Entertainment (2014–2015) and the National Science Foundation (awards 1925973 to LEZ and 1925884 to PJM). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or other funding agencies. https://www.nsf.gov https://cnha.org https://global-creatures.com https://www.magicspace.net.

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