| > As you'd expect, the embryo was only tiny and measured just 27cm long. 27cm is not exactly what I would call tiny. For comparison, this is what Wikipedia has to say on the topic of ostrich eggs: > on average they are 15 cm (5.9 in) long, 13 cm (5.1 in) wide, and weigh 1.4 kilograms (3.1 lb) It's almost twice as long. Talk about megafauna. Looking for alternative sources, I found this: > The unhatched dinosaur’s 24-centimetre-long skeleton is curled inside the egg, with its head tucked tightly into its body. The egg is 17 centimetres long and 8 centimetres wide. ( https://www.newscientist.com/article/2302492-fossilised-dino... ) Okay, so they were talking about the size of the dinosaur if it stretched out of its curled position inside the egg. The egg meanwhile is a little larger than an ostrich's egg. Still not tiny by any means, but slightly less mindblowing. |