Article contentA 66-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica almost ten years ago was recently found to be one of the biggest eggs ever recorded, scientists say. In 2011, a group of Chilean researchers were exploring the southern frozen continent looking for fossils of marine reptiles, when they came across a weird looking fossil. Try refreshing your browser, or Scientists find 66-million-year-old sea lizard egg in Antarctica, the biggest ever recorded Back to videoNot knowing what it was, the researchers brought it back to Chile’s National Museum of Natural History, where it remained unstudied for years. With permission, she took a few fragments back with her to UT Austin. On June 17, researchers from UT Austin and the Chilean National Museum of Natural History released a study that indicates that the mysterious fossil is actually an 11-inch soft-shell egg — the largest ever recorded — that was likely laid by an ancient marine reptile.

Source: National Post June 25, 2020 15:56 UTC