Dinosaur eggs are returned
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December 3, 2011, Saturday
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TWENTY-TWO rare dinosaur egg fossils that were smuggled to the United States were turned over to China on Thursday.
The 22 fossilized dinosaur eggs, some 65 million years old, are so well preserved that the remains of the dinosaur embryos are still visible inside 19 of them.
"This is the third time the US government has returned smuggled fossils to the Chinese government since 2009," said Qiu Shaofang, Consul General of China in Los Angeles.
The oviraptor fossil eggs were unearthed in Nanping Basin, south China's Guangdong Province, said Jia Yueming, curator of the Geological Museum of China.
In 2007, agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized the dinosaur fossil eggs that were set to be auctioned.
The 22 fossilized dinosaur eggs, some 65 million years old, are so well preserved that the remains of the dinosaur embryos are still visible inside 19 of them.
"This is the third time the US government has returned smuggled fossils to the Chinese government since 2009," said Qiu Shaofang, Consul General of China in Los Angeles.
The oviraptor fossil eggs were unearthed in Nanping Basin, south China's Guangdong Province, said Jia Yueming, curator of the Geological Museum of China.
In 2007, agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized the dinosaur fossil eggs that were set to be auctioned.
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