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Baby YingLiang is a perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo found in China

The embryo's curled position resembles the behavior of birds
Baby YingLiang is a perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo found in China 31

A team of researchers in has discovered a perfectly preserved embryo inside a fossilized dinosaur egg in Ganzhou, China.

The team believes that the embryo is 72 to 66-million-year-old and named it the “Baby YingLiang“.

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Baby YingLiang is believed to be a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, lived during the Cretaceous period(145 – 66 million years ago).

The most interesting find in this discovery is giving researches a greater understanding the link between dinosaurs and birds.

The embryo was in a curled position, which resembles the behavior of birds shortly before they hatch.

Jia Suriyanto
Indonesian Journalist at News Asia Today. I cover the latest news and stories on Indonesia, particularly on business.