Two Hong Kong residents recently made an exciting discovery while traveling in Heyuan city, Guangdong province of China, finding a nest of six dinosaur egg fossils. This marks the first instance of Hong Kong tourists uncovering dinosaur egg fossils on the mainland of China.                                 

One of the individuals, Erik Yip, a docent at the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark and a geology enthusiast, made the significant find at Qiaobei Park in Heyuan city. He expressed his surprise at discovering the egg fossils in the urban area, as his initial plan was to visit the park to see the red beds—rock formation associated with reddish sedimentary rocks.

Following identification by the research institute, it was determined that the average length of these dinosaur egg fossils ranges from 5 to 9 cm, with a width of about 4 cm, and they are all oval in shape. The specific types of these fossils will be established through further analysis and research. Currently, the fossils have been measured, sampled, and sliced for study, and they are being protected in situ.

Heyuan is renowned as the ‘hometown of dinosaurs,’ and the Heyuan City Dinosaur Museum boasts a collection of over 20,000 dinosaur egg fossils, making it the largest collection in the world.