Precious scientific and cultural heritage: dinosaur egg fossils

　　藏品简介：在2亿至7000万年以前，地球上生活着一个庞大的恐龙家族，它们在地球上浩浩荡荡地生活了1亿6000万年，却在距今约6500万年左右，突然消失了。恐龙家族的远去，留下数不尽的谜团。我们人类只能通过仅剩的恐龙化石来揭开恐龙家族这层神秘的面纱。

　　此恐龙蛋原始结构在地层中保存的非常完好，此两枚大小不一，总重5021KG

　　Introduction to the collection: Before 200 million to 70 million years ago, there was a huge family of dinosaurs living on the earth. They lived on the earth for 160 million years, but they disappeared about 65 million years ago. It is. The dinosaur family is far away, leaving countless mysteries. We humans can only uncover the mysterious veil of the dinosaur family through the remaining dinosaur fossils.

　　The original structure of this dinosaur egg is very well preserved in the stratum. The two are of different sizes and the total weight is 5021KG.

　　全球恐龙蛋化石重要分布：

　　据1993年6月报道，全世界总共已发现大约500个恐龙蛋化石。其中，含有胚胎的恐龙蛋化石只有100个左右。随着恐龙蛋化石的不断发现，全世界已发现恐龙蛋化石的总数在不断增大。另据1993年7月报道，中国河南省的西部和西南部特别是西峡地区，大量恐龙蛋化石的新发现，刷新了世界恐龙蛋化石的陈旧统计数据。有关国际专家认为，过去中国已发现的恐龙蛋化石大约有400多个，约占世界已发现恐龙蛋化石总数的80%。仅河南省一位收藏家收藏的恐龙蛋化石就达2000多个。据初步统计，中国已发现的恐龙蛋化石约有4000个左右。其总数居世界首位。由此，中国的恐龙蛋化石迎来了世界的最高关注。

　　恐龙蛋化石的研究价值：

　　国际科研人员对中国广东南雄盆地的恐龙蛋进行研究后认为，由于在晚白垩世最后20～30万年间，南雄地区恐龙的生活环境发生了“突变”，严重的干燥气候以及微量元素的污染，锰、锌、锶等微量元素不足或过多，影响了恐龙蛋壳的正常发育，形成了病态蛋壳结构，因而恐龙蛋不能正常孵化，最终导致了恐龙的绝灭。他们利用扫描核探针，对恐龙蛋化石进行的扫描分析结果，证实了这一新说法。还有古生物工作者也认为，由于某种原因，恐龙蛋不能孵化或只有少数恐龙蛋能孵化，使保存在地层里成为化石的恐龙蛋愈来愈多，而恐龙则愈来愈少，最终导致了恐龙的灭绝。过去，关于恐龙绝灭原因的学说有：“气候恶化说”、“砷中毒说”、“竞争失败说”、“生殖单性说”以及最流行的“陨石撞击说”等。上述新学说已引起世界地质古生物学家的浓厚兴趣。

　　藏品名称：恐龙蛋化石

　　The important distribution of global dinosaur egg fossils:

　　According to a report in June 1993, a total of about 500 dinosaur egg fossils have been found worldwide. Among them, there are only about 100 dinosaur egg fossils containing embryos. With the continuous discovery of dinosaur egg fossils, the total number of dinosaur egg fossils has been found throughout the world. According to a report in July 1993, in the western and southwestern parts of Henan Province, especially in the Xixia area, a large number of new discoveries of dinosaur egg fossils have refreshed the old statistics of the world's dinosaur egg fossils. Relevant international experts believe that there have been more than 400 fossilized dinosaur eggs in China in the past, accounting for about 80% of the total number of dinosaur egg fossils found in the world. Only one collector in Henan Province has more than 2,000 fossilized dinosaur eggs. According to preliminary statistics, about 4,000 fossils of dinosaur eggs have been discovered in China. Its total number ranks first in the world. As a result, China's dinosaur egg fossils have ushered in the highest attention in the world.

　　Research value of dinosaur egg fossils:

　　International researchers conducted research on dinosaur eggs in the Nanxiong Basin of Guangdong Province, China. It is believed that due to the “mutation” of the living environment of dinosaurs in Nanxiong area during the last 20 to 300,000 years of the Late Cretaceous, severe dry climate and trace elements Pollution, manganese, zinc, strontium and other trace elements are insufficient or excessive, which affects the normal development of dinosaur eggshells and forms a diseased eggshell structure. Therefore, dinosaur eggs can not hatch normally, which eventually leads to the extinction of dinosaurs. They used scanning nuclear probes to scan the dinosaur egg fossils to confirm this new statement. There are also paleontologists who believe that for some reason, dinosaur eggs can not hatch or only a few dinosaur eggs can hatch, so that more and more dinosaur eggs are preserved in the formation as fossils, and dinosaurs are becoming less and less, eventually leading to The extinction of dinosaurs. In the past, theories about the extinction of dinosaurs include: "climate deterioration theory", "arsenic poisoning theory", "competition failure theory", "reproductive unity theory" and the most popular "meteorite impact theory". The above new doctrine has aroused the interest of the world's geological paleontologists.

　　Collection Name: Dinosaur Egg Fossil

　　恐龙蛋化石是历经上千年、上亿年沧海桑田演变的稀世珍宝，是生物和人类进化史上具有重要意义的科学标本，是世界上珍贵的科学和文化遗产。恐龙蛋化石对于探索恐龙的繁殖行为、恐龙蛋壳的起源和演变，复原恐龙时代的生态环境；对于研究恐龙的出现、繁盛和绝灭；对于划分和对比白垩纪地层以及确定地层的地质年代；对于研究古气候、古地理和古生物的变迁，提供找矿启示等，都是不可多得的珍贵实物资料。而且，恐龙蛋化石群及其集中产地还是一种非常有价值的旅游地质资源，为发展旅游事业提供了天赐良机。因此，恐龙蛋化石具有十分重要的科学价值、观赏价值、收藏投资价值和旅游价值。

　　The dinosaur egg fossil is a rare treasure that has evolved over thousands of years and hundreds of millions of years. It is an important scientific specimen in the history of biology and human evolution, and is a precious scientific and cultural heritage in the world. Dinosaur egg fossils explore the reproductive behavior of dinosaurs, the origin and evolution of dinosaur eggshells, restore the ecological environment of the dinosaur era; study the emergence, prosperity and extinction of dinosaurs; for the division and comparison of the Cretaceous strata and the geological age of the formation; For the study of paleoclimate, paleogeography and paleontology, providing prospecting and inspiration, are rare and valuable materials. Moreover, the dinosaur egg fossil group and its concentrated production area are still a very valuable tourism geological resource, providing a godsend opportunity for the development of tourism. Therefore, dinosaur egg fossils have important scientific value, ornamental value, collection investment value and tourism value.