A recent study named a new type of dinosaur egg from VMNH fossils from Montana ...

A recent study named a new type of dinosaur egg from VMNH fossils from Montana ...

A recent study named a new type of dinosaur egg from VMNH fossils from Montana, in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The approx. 66 million-year-old egg species (Dimorphoolithus bennetti) is named after VMNH Research Associate George Bennett. Congrats to him and the researchers!

For the paper, check out: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2016.1185432?journalCode=ujvp20

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