A team of paleontologists, geoscientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that a fossilized egg unearthed in 2021 is the smallest dinosaur egg ever found. In their paper published in the journal Historical Biology, the group describes where the eggs were found, the techniques used to study them, and what the researchers learned about them.

A team of paleontologists, geoscientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that a fossilized egg unearthed in 2021 is the smallest dinosaur egg ever found. The group describes where the eggs were found, the techniques used to study them, and what the researchers learned about them.

Prior to this new find, the smallest dinosaur egg ever found was 45.5 mm by 40.4 mm by 34.4 mm.