sweet dreams for Baby Yingliang
Photo of the oviraptorosaur embryo ‘Baby Yingliang’. It is one of the best-preserved dinosaur embryos ever reported. Courtesy Xing et al., 2021
[ID. Top is art of a beaked dinosaur (Oviraptorosaur) curled up inside of an egg, head between its feet. It is sparsely covered in downy feathers. Its eyes are shut and on its beak is a slight smile.
Bottom is a photo of the fossil the art was based on, Baby Yingliang. Each bone is visible, its body in the same pose but turned skeletal. Even fossilized, its tail end still appears downy. End ID.]