University of Texas: Egg From Antarctica is Big and Might Belong to an Extinct Sea Lizard
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas, June 18 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on June 17:
In 2011, Chilean scientists discovered a mysterious fossil in Antarctica that looked like a deflated football. For nearly a decade, the specimen sat unlabeled and unstudied in the collections of Chile's National Museum of Natural History, with scientists identifying it only by its sci-fi movie-inspired nickname - "The Thing."
An analysis led by researchers at The Un . . .
In 2011, Chilean scientists discovered a mysterious fossil in Antarctica that looked like a deflated football. For nearly a decade, the specimen sat unlabeled and unstudied in the collections of Chile's National Museum of Natural History, with scientists identifying it only by its sci-fi movie-inspired nickname - "The Thing."
An analysis led by researchers at The Un . . .