Heyuan
Geology
Geology
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The city's museum boasts the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of dinosaur eggs, with 10,008 individual samples as of 2004\. Dinosaur skeletons and fossilized footprints have also been found nearby.

### Findings

A dinosaur egg fossil dated back to the Late [Cretaceous](/wiki/Cretaceous "Cretaceous") was discovered by primary school student named Zhang Yangzhe while playing near the [Dong River](/wiki/Dong_River_%28China%29 "Dong River (China)") in 2019 in July. The boy's mother, Li Xiaofang, later contacted the Heyuan Dinosaur Museum members, and under their excavation guidance more than 10 dinosaur egg fossils each about 9 centimeters in diameter and dating back to 66 million years were revealed.


What is the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of dinosaur eggs?