Dinosaur Eggs in Patagonia Nesting Ground Suggest They Lived in Herds
Paleontologists found 100 eggs and 80 skeletons from a dinosaur called Mussaurus at a site in Patagonia, suggesting the animals lived in groups.
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Paleontologists found 100 eggs and 80 skeletons from a dinosaur called Mussaurus at a site in Patagonia, suggesting the animals lived in groups.
Patagonian fossils show Jurassic dinosaur had the herd mentality
Patagonian fossils show Jurassic dinosaur had herd mentality
Complete skeletons also indicate limited transport by water or wind from the place the dinosaurs died.The complex social behaviour in early dinosaurs observed in this research lines up with other fossil evidence that dinosaurs were more bird-like than crocodilian-like.
A vast trove of fossils unearthed in Argentina's southern Patagonia region is offering the oldest-known evidence that some dinosaurs thrived in a complex and well-organized herd structure, with adults caring for the young and sharing a communal nesting ground.