Dinosaur Nest found with fossilized babies

[HunterICX]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/pictures/111129-dinosaurs-nest-babies-egg-mongolia-ancient-parents-pictures/

A nest full of fossilized dinosaur babies has been discovered in Mongolia, and the find has paleontologists reexamining styles of parental care among the ancient reptiles.

Each photo has different information about the foundings below.

HunterICX

[Schroeder]

Awesome find. Very interesting.:DL

[danasan]

"Breathtaking" pictures of a "Breathtaking" Nest, thanks for sharing.

[sidslotm]

My mind boggles at the thought of Dino egg on toast with ketchup :up:

[joegrundman]

you might find them a bit crunchy

[Betonov]

Mongolia appears to be a heaven for paleontologists :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Most interesting :sunny:

[Platapus]

Thanks for posting. Most interesting.

I echo some of the comments on the NG page: What killed them? I would imagine that if predators got them the corpses would be not only more damaged but scattered?

Of course since many dinosaurs were scavengers, even if they died of some disease/poisoning, scavengers should have pulled them a part.

I wonder if this nest was simply in the wrong place and was caught in a mud/landslide and thus preserved like that?

Way way cooleo. :yeah:

[Rockstar]

Sandy Death

... this fossil really records the last, bug-eyed, terrified minutes of their little lives." :har:

[Falkirion]

Mongolia appears to be a heaven for paleontologists :yeah:
How many cities does Mongolia have? I was under the impression that apart from one or two that they were pretty much nomads.

[TLAM Strike]

How many cities does Mongolia have? I was under the impression that apart from one or two that they were pretty much nomads.
About ~40% live in Ulan Bator (their biggest city) the other cities make up about ~30% of the population, the rest either live in smaller settlements or are nomads.

That being said their entire population is only as big as the three major cities of Upstate New York (Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse), in a space 50X as large!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Mongolia