250-Million-Year-Old Embryonated Dicynodont Egg Found in South Africa
250-Million-Year-Old Embryonated Dicynodont Egg Found in South Africa
GEOLOGY
 Apr 13 2026    12:13 PM
 
 
An artist’s impression of Lystrosaurus. Image credit: Victor O. Leshyk, www.victorleshyk.com / University of Birmingham.

Using high-resolution CT and synchrotron scanning, paleontologists confirmed that the fossilized specimen from the Early Triassic of the South African Karoo Basin contains an unborn dicynodont Lystrosaurus, resolving a long-standing mystery about whether early mammal ancestors laid eggs.

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