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What is the nickname given to the fossil found in 2011 from Antarctica, considered to be the largest soft-shell egg ever discovered? Spike, Zinj, The Thing, White

Answer 1

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'The thing' is considered to be the largest soft shell discovered.

It's a fossil found in 2011 from Antarctica.

Answer 2

❇ The nickname given to the discovered fossil in Antarctica is:

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The thing is the largest soft shell egg ever discovered and the 2nd most largest egg after the egg of extinct Elephant bird in Madagascar.

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✏ It is now preserved in Chile's National museum of National history. It was discovered in 2011.

✏ It is more than 11 inches × 7 inches in size and looks like an deflated football. It is believed that, it is the largest soft shelled egg ever discovered.

✏ Paleontologist believed that it is about 66 million years old and remained during the dinosaur extinction due to the asteroid that hit the earth.

✏ They also believed that the egg is somewhat similar to the eggs of reptiles, turtles because their eggs are soft shelled. It was found to be laid by a giant marine reptile, known as monosaur.

✏ The egg had no embryonic remains and mother animal's skeleton was also not found, hence it was difficult for them, to identify the correct laying animal. But, it should be a monosaur(marine lizard).

☄ The scientists were bewildered about it and hence named it as, "The Thing" after the name of a Science-fiction movie.

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