mosasaur

Researchers believe that they have deciphered the secrets of a mysterious fossil that was found in Antarctica. They now believe that the Antarctica fossil was a soft egg that belonged to an extinct sea reptile. This find is very important and it is changing how experts view the evolution of the dinosaurs. The remains were unearthed by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) in the desolate Antarctic Peninsula in 2011. Millions of years ago, dinosaurs lived on the frozen continent and swam in its waters. The member of the team who found the fossil, David Rubilar-Rogers of Chile’s National Museum of Natural History, was mystified by the Antarctica fossil. He asked visiting experts to help him identify the fossil, but none