23 Dec 2021

Scientists find baby dinosaur in egg fossil

From Morning Report, 8:56 am on 23 December 2021

If you're a Jurassic Park fan, this next bit of news may well be the best thing you've heard in 2021.

Scientists have discovered the fossils of a 66 to 72 million year old dinsosaur embryo still perfectly preserved inside its egg.

Dubbed 'Baby Yingliang', the embryo was found in southern China - and scientists say it would have been preparing to hatch.

Steve Brusatte is a paleontologist and professor at the University of Edinburgh, and is one of the researchers.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson.