PHILADELPHIA A trove of fossils recently discovered in Chinaoffer a snapshot of prehistoric life, including a chicken-likecreature with downy fluff and what might be the first egg ever foundinside a dinosaur.
Another specimen included the fossil jawbone of a mammal that adinosaur had just eaten.
"I think the potential of the field site is unbelievable,"paleontologist John H. Ostrom said last week. "Nowhere else in theworld are fossils from such a critical time so well-preserved."While many fossil sites only preserve the bones of ancientanimals, the fossil find last summer in northeastern China's Liaoningprovince preserved surface features such as claws, scales …
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