I don’t have current access to live updates in this turn. Here’s what I can tell you about embryo fossil news up to recently, and I can look for fresh, credible sources if you’d like.
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Notable recent topics include exceptionally well-preserved dinosaur embryos found in fossilized eggs, which have shed light on pre-hatching postures and bird-dinosaur evolutionary links. For example, discoveries in China have revealed embryos in eggs with lifelike curling and tucked postures, suggesting bird-like behavior may predate the origin of birds themselves. These findings have been covered by major outlets and paleontology journals in the last decade, highlighting the significance of preserved embryonic specimens for understanding development [sources available upon request].
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Earlier landmark reports include the 72-million-year-old embryo known as “Baby Yingliang” from Ganzhou, China, which displayed a pre-hatching posture similar to modern birds and spurred discussion about when bird-like hatching behaviors evolved in dinosaurs [sources available upon request].
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Embryo fossils from Cambrian to more recent periods have provided rare insights into early animal development, although such finds are scattered and typically require specialized imaging to interpret their internal structures [sources available upon request].
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Roughly 600 million years ago, thousands of embryos of primitive animals drifted into seawater laced with sulfides and died. Research in the Doushantuo Formation in China uncovered these fossilized embryos--among the rarest of finds both for their fragile nature and depth in past time--and new imaging techniques have provided a window into the internal workings of the most ancient animals yet discovered. Using x-ray computed tomography as well as scanning and transmission electron microscopy,...
www.scientificamerican.com(The New York Times) Is This the First Fossil of an Embryo? (Published 2019). Associated research findings from the National Library of Medicine.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govRemains of a primitive fish contain a well-preserved embryo.
www.livescience.comDiscover the remarkable 70-million-year-old dinosaur embryo found in Missouri, offering fresh insights into dinosaur development, bird evolution, and prehistoric life.
www.moneycontrol.comFossilized prehistoric embryos have researchers stumped -- what species did they belonged to?
www.cbsnews.comScientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of an exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo from at least 66 million years ago that was preparing to hatch from its egg just like a chicken. The fossil was discovered in Ganzhou, southern China and belonged to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, which the researchers dubbed 'Baby Yingliang.'
www.thedailystar.net