The smallest-ever nonavian dinosaur eggs have been unearthed in China and assigned to a never-before-seen species. The tiny paleontological treasures, each about the size of a grape, were unearthed at a construction site just days from being potentially destroyed by building work.

Six complete eggs have been found in a partially preserved clutch in the Ganzhou Basin, China, which the discovery team report are the smallest dinosaur eggs ever found – at least if you don’t count modern birds.

A remarkable discovery in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, China, has captured the attention of paleontologists around the world. Researchers have uncovered the smallest dinosaur egg fossil ever found, with a length of only 29 millimeters.

A team of paleontologists, geoscientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that a fossilized egg unearthed in 2021 is the smallest dinosaur egg ever found.