Oviraptor philoceratops dinosaur on its eggs, artwork. This small dinosaur, an ornithopod, had a characteristic bony head crest. Its fossils date from

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Oviraptor philoceratops dinosaur on its eggs, artwork. This small dinosaur, an ornithopod, had a characteristic bony head crest. Its fossils date from the Cretaceous. One famous fossil of this dinosaur was found sprawled over a clutch of eggs, as if a sand storm had buried it while it was incubating or shielding its eggs.

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Size: 4791px × 3685px
Photo credit: © JULIUS T CSOTONYI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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