Lot 867
Unhatched Pair of Therizinosaur Eggs From China--Late Cretaceous Period. There is a real scarcity of good quality dinosaur eggs as China has stopped the export of all dinosaur eggs. Consequently, only the dinosaur eggs brought into the U.S. over the past few years are available and these have been widely dispersed to eager collectors and museums.
Therizinosaurs were the most bizarre and unusual dinosaurs. They appear to have been a plant-eating dinosaur related to veloceraptor and at least one species was feathered. Theriginosaurs walked bipedally with the body, long neck and small head of a plant-eating dinosaur, but with up to two foot long claws on their hands. What they used such arge claws for is unknown. The pair of unhatched eggs in this lot are 5" long by 3 ¼" wide. The side showing on the better of the two eggs has most of its shell intact with just a few cracks. The second egg has 50% of its shell on its top side. The shell on both eggs has been airbrushed and is a lovely light gray color on the dark brown limestone base. These Therizinosaur eggs are 65-70 million years old, from the Xixia Basin, Henan Province of China. Add $25 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $650 - 1,000.
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