Yuchelys nanyangensis hatching from its tennis ball-size egg. Image couresty: Masato Hattori.
Joel Kontinen
According to
evolution, some 90 million years ago, a giant turtle laid an egg. The eggshell
was incredibly thick. The egg was donated by a farmer. Now, scientist have been
able to study it in detail.
Evolutionists
believe that the terrestrial turtle Yuchelys nanyangensis died around 66 million years ago, at the time
when an asteroid struck the world, killing the dinosaurs
The egg is huge:
“At 2.1 by 2.3 inches (5.4 by 5.9
centimeters) in size, the nearly spherical egg is just a bit smaller than a
tennis ball. That's larger than the eggs of most living turtles, and just a tad
smaller than the eggs of Galapogas tortoises, Darla Zelenitsky said. “
Source:
Geggel, Laura. 2021. Rare embryo from dinosaur age was laid by human-size
turtle Live Science 18 August.
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