Dinosaur embryos were restless, speedy growers

Hundreds of fossils found in China suggest some unhatched dinos kicked their legs

Dinosaur embryos lived fast and hatched young.

TINY DINO BONES In southwestern China, researchers discovered the oldest known dinosaur embryos, finding more than 200 bones of unhatched dinosaurs (a thigh bone shown) that date to nearly 200 million years ago. Dianne Scott
This series of cross sections shows how an embryonic dinosaur’s thigh bone changes as it develops.