Oviraptor Bone - SOLD 3.283g Fossil earliestlife Species: Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus

Species: Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus

Temporal Range: Early Jurassic

which could reach the size of a Tyrannosaurus rex

Billions of years later

This Knightia proved to be too large to swallow and the larger fish died as a result

Oviraptor Bone - SOLD 3.283g Fossil earliestlife Species: Plesiosaurus dolichodeirusDinosaurs were complex creatures whose known social and familial behaviors are still being discovered. Nowhere is this scientific shift more visible than with the Oviraptor. The first Oviraptor fossil was thought to have been fossilized while preying on a nest of Protoceratops eggs. However, later research showed these eggs belonged to the Oviraptor herself, nesting with them in her final moments. This discovery was one of many that revolutionized our