PHOTO: Fossilized Dinosaur Eggs on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland

Fossilized dinosaur eggs at the Celtic Prehistoric Museum on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland

A nest of fossilized dinosaur eggs at the Celtic Prehistoric Museum on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland. This eight-egg clutch, fossilized in red sandstone, was laid by a member of the Hadrosaur family of duck-billed dinosaurs. The nest was discovered in China and is now one of the premier exhibits on display at the museum, along with the world’s largest intact Woolly Mammoth skull (with its tusks still attached), the only complete skeleton of a baby dinosaur, and a complete skeleton of a 40,000-year old cave bear. The items are part of the private collection of U.S. expat Harry Moore, who eventually opened the museum in order to allow the world at large to view his remarkable, eclectic collection of Celtic and prehistoric artifacts.

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