Researchers in China achieved a milestone by directly dating a fossilized dinosaur egg at 85.9 million years old, marking a first in paleontology. Using carbonate uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating, ...
Dinosaur eggs laid 85 million years ago have been accurately dated using a new "atomic clock for fossils" method. The eggs could improve understanding of Earth's climate when dinosaurs roamed the ...
Radioactive minerals in eggshells can help scientists pinpoint a fossil’s age with stunning accuracy. Scientists excavate dinosaur egg nests in Mongolia's Eastern Gobi Basin. National Geographic ...