EONS: 684 UNHATCHED DINOSAUR EGG, CARNIVORE OVIRAPTOR

EONS: 684 UNHATCHED DINOSAUR EGG, CARNIVORE OVIRAPTOR

CONDITION REPORT:

RESTORATION: none anywhere in any amount
PALEO LAB PREPARATION TIME: 3 hours
PRESERVATIVE: a very light coating of museum-approved, archive quality B72 ethyl methacrylate co-polymer
COMMENT: No shell was added, moved, enhanced, restored or altered in any way. Exactly as we uncovered it, is exactly as you see it here. Some of the missing eggshell is probably deeper within the egg and can be confirmed with a CT scan. Our photos are disappointing when compared to the actual specimen and so you will be even MORE delighted when you hold it in your hand. This particular specimen has not been x-rayed and so it may contain undetected embryonic bones.

DIMENSIONS: 7.25 inches long x 2.75 inches wide, 17.5 inch longitudinal circumference
WEIGHT: 2 pounds net / 3.9 pounds shipping
RETAIL VALUE: $1,500 ~ $2,000 (the price you’d pay in a museum store, art gallery, or high-end auction house -- many of whom acquire their fossils from us)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The following text is from Wikipeida: Oviraptor is a genus of small Mongolian theropod dinosaur, first discovered by the legendary paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, and first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn, in 1924. Its name is Latin for 'egg seizer', referring to the fact that the first fossil specimen was discovered atop a pile of what were thought to be Protoceratops eggs, and the specific name philoceratops means "lover of ceratopsians", also given as a result of this find. In his 1924 paper, Osborn explained that the name was given due to the close proximity of the skull of Oviraptor to the nest (it was separated from the eggs by only four inches of sand). However, Osborn also suggested that the name Oviraptor "may entirely mislead us as to its feeding habits and belie its character."[1] In the 1990s, the discovery of nesting oviraptorids like Citipati proved that Osborn was correct in his caution regarding the name. These finds showed that the eggs in question probably belonged to Oviraptor itself, and that the specimen was actually brooding its eggs.

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS: For those with a deeper interest in this topic, I have collected scientific papers by some of today’s leading researchers in this genre. Click here to see the titles and download the scholarly papers for free to your computer.

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IN THE FOLLOWING 10 PHOTOS, THE EGG IS “ROLLING” TOWARDS YOU:

THE NEXT TWO PHOTOS ARE OF ONE END:

THE LAST TWO PHOTOS ARE OF THE OTHER END: