Smuggled dinosaur egg nest fossils recovered back to China

On February 28, staffs of Geological Museum of China took "dinosaur egg nest" fossils out of the box. These fossils are of 6.5 millions years. 
These fossils were unearthed in China in 1984, and smuggled abroad. 
The 22 egg fossils are of Oviraptorosauria, including 19 eggs with embryonic dinosaur embryos. 
In 2003, an American collector in the United States bought it at a public auction for US$420,000. 
Now it is returned back to China. It is the first time for China to take back smuggled fossils through diplomatic channels.

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