A collection of sauropod dinosaur eggs from around the world
is complimented by artwork by Luis Rey that was commissioned
for this exhibition. It shows a huge nesting site found in the
Patagonian Desert in 1997. A flat area about 15 miles long, where
paleontologists found layer after layer of eggs, nests and embryos.
Displays, images and interactives in this section include:
Sauropod Eggs Section Panel 3
Sauropod Nesting Grounds Exploration and Discovery Panel
3
A collection Sauropod eggs from France, India and Argentina
Sauropod Film
Dig pit for kids to discover sauropod eggs
New artwork by Luis
Rey based on a vast sauropod nesting site discovered in Argentina
by a team of scientists from the Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County led by Luis Chiappe.
Chiappe believes the adults
were too large to stay near the nest and care for the hatchlings.
He thinks that at least some adults guarded the colony to protect
them from predators. This scene by Luis
Rey shows the adults protecting the colony from some distance
away.
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