Qinglongshan

A dinosaur egg sampled for geochronology. Photo: Dr. Bi Zhao

Atomic clock for fossils: Direct dating of dinosaur eggs from China reveals an age of about 85 million years

Researchers have applied U-Pb carbonate dating directly to eggshells from the Qinglongshan site in Yunyang for the first time, determining an Upper Cretaceous age and offering a new window into ancient climate and dinosaur diversity dynamics