Why Did Scientists Mistake This Ancient Bird Egg For A Dinosaur Egg?
Back in 2008, paleontologists discovered what appeared to be the fossilized egg of a horned dinosaur. A new study has re-identified it as belonging to — get this — a bird. So how could the original analysis have been so wrong? Horned dinosaurs, or ceratopsians, just can’t catch a break when it comes to their…
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Andrew Farke — PLOS Blogs
