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2024年1月3日时政类语篇填空
(湖北出土恐龙蛋化石)
Crystallized dinosaur egg fossils unearthed in Hubei
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Researchers in Shiyan, Hubei province, 1._________(recent) found three crystallized dinosaur egg fossils during preservation work on 2.________ previously unearthed nest at the Qinglong Mountain National Nature Reserve for Dinosaur Egg Fossils.
The crystallized eggs were found in July and 3.________(identify) in December among 31 fossilized eggs 4.________ were being maintained.
The process of crystallization occurs over a period of thousands 5.________ even millions of years.
"It is the first time that crystallized dinosaur egg fossils 6._________(find) in Hubei, and it is 7.________ significant research value in revealing how dinosaurs laid eggs, and in reconstructing the ancient environment," said Zhao Bi, 8.________(direct) of the paleontological fossil research center at the Hubei Institute of Geosciences.
The dinosaur egg fossil site in Shiyan's Yunyang district dates to approximately 60 9.______ 80 million years ago, and was discovered in 1995. It is the world's 10._______(large) dinosaur egg fossil site.
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In 2020, the Chinese Yunyang Dinosaur Egg Research Center 1.________(establish) at the site by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Hubei Institute of Geosciences.
Through years of extensive and meticulous research, experts have confirmed that the dinosaur eggs found in the region were 2.________(like) produced in the mid-Cretaceous period.
So far, nearly 3,000 well-preserved dinosaur egg fossils 3._________(unearth) and protected, 4._________ can be identified and classified into at least 220 nests with unique arrangements.
The three recently discovered crystallized dinosaur egg fossils were flattened ovoids with a long axis of about 14 to 15 centimeters, 5.________ short axis of about 12 cm, and a shell thickness 6.________(range) from 1.31 to 2.4 cm.
They were all found in 7.________(they) orig