An 82-million-year-old dinosaur egg discovered by a group of teens in Dallas County in the 1970s is about to go on display in a museum in Auburn.
Millions of years ago, a fragile dinosaur egg approximately 2 inches long washed out to sea and was protected in layers of sediment for an incredible journey. In the 1970s, the fossilized egg was discovered by a group of teens near Selma. One of those teens, Prescott Atkinson, would later conduct a CT scan on the egg after completing medical school.
The dinosaur egg, which includes an intact embryo that is the most complete dinosaur specimen in the eastern United States, was unveiled June 1 in a public display in the Rouse Life Sciences Building, part of the Auburn University Museum of Natural History, or AUMNH, collections.
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