Dinosaur Eggshells Help Paleontologists Determine Age of Fossil-Bearing Rocks

Nov 11, 2025 - 17:15
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Dinosaur Eggshells Help Paleontologists Determine Age of Fossil-Bearing Rocks
An artist’s reconstruction of a newly-hatched troodontid-like dinosaur among fragments of its eggshell. Image credit: Eva Utsukiyouhei.

Scientists from Stellenbosch University and elsewhere have used advanced uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating and elemental mapping to measure trace amounts of uranium and lead inside the calcite of fossilized dinosaur eggshells found in the United States and Mongolia.

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