DISCOVER: Why One Extraordinary Collection of Dinosaur Embryos Remains Locked Away From Science

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Period2 Feb 2022

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  • TitleWhy One Extraordinary Collection of Dinosaur Embryos Remains Locked Away From Science
    Media name/outletDiscover
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date2/02/22
    DescriptionListon, an early supporter of Manning’s work, would go on to write a paper published in 2013 about another obstacle facing the eggs and embryos. Before the exhibition, the Chinese government passed a law reclassifying dinosaur eggs from “trace fossils” to “vertebrate fossils.” This means they went from bearing “evidence of an animal … [to] the animal itself — a major reclassification,” according to John Nudds, one of the few scientists to publish research on Manning’s work. This distinction essentially made it illegal to remove dinosaur eggs from the country.
    URLhttps://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/why-one-extraordinary-collection-of-dinosaur-embryos-remains-locked-away
    PersonsJohn Nudds

Keywords

  • fossils
  • palaeontology
  • dinosaurs