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This dino’s fossil claw suggests it snatched eggs, not insects

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A 67-million-year-old claw fossil reveals a new dinosaur species that may have used its hand spikes to snatch and pierce eggs.

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This dinosaur had a penchant for stealing eggs. A new analysis of an anterior limb and a fossilized claw about 67 million years old suggests that a rare group of small Mongolian dinosaurs may have evolved to steal and eat eggs. The "remarkable" appendix was distinctive enough to classify its owner as a new genus and [...]

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Science News broke the news in United States on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
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