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About the cover
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Fossil dinosaur
; q+ v- D% B7 bembryos are extremely rare, and mainly restricted to the Late Cretaceous period. 8 i5 R4 C7 {3 P* X& _' |: p
Hence the interest in a newly uncovered bone bed of Lower Jurassic sauropodomorph : W& ~. [3 Q# T( R0 `+ ^( ~
embryos from China, which at about 190–197 million years old is the oldest 2 V+ f$ H' _$ z+ ^, h
assemblage of such bones ever found. A three-year multinational programme of " W0 l( b# R( e0 b
excavation and research has yielded a treasure trove of embryonic bones, and the g m/ {" a" S& o! C
oldest known evidence of organic remains. Study of bones preserved at various
1 L' b G! I( Adevelopmental stages indicates that these large dinosaurs had a short incubation
- l! x3 `- F2 _' ?7 B+ ]2 @time and flexed their muscles while still in the egg, preparing the growing
R) y f% z2 ~) _skeleton for life in the outside world. On the cover, a coloured thin section of
; i9 A ^- n4 p1 U1 z2 F Y! `0 ?an embryonic femur showing its internal tissues and large marrow cavity. ( a+ L$ u/ Z) Y! H( t7 [# h0 q4 L
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