Fossilized dinosaur eggs found in Wuning county, East China's Jiangxi Province Photo: Courtesy of Wuning County Museum

Three 80-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur eggs, which date back to the early and mid-Late Cretaceous period, have been found in Wuning county, East China's Jiangxi Province, and the local authorities are considering putting them on display, an employee from Wuning County Museum told the Global Times on Thursday.

An excavator driver found several fossils and fragments while working on a construction project on October 5 in Wuning county, and it was immediately reported to the local authorities, according to Wuning County Museum.

"We received a call which claimed they had found something similar to dinosaur egg fossils, and we immediately went to the site," an employee surnamed Zhang from Wuning County Museum told the Global Times on Thursday. 

She went to the site with the professional team and saw the egg fossils attached to a rock. The three fossils are nearly round and can be seen clearly. Two of them are well preserved, and one egg's shell has peeled off, according to Zhang.
 

The construction site where the fossilized dinosaur eggs were found in Wuning county, East China's Jiangxi Province Photo: Courtesy of Wuning County Museum

 
In addition to the three dinosaur egg fossils, other egg prints can also be identified on the rock, according to videos from the site.

The construction team found a stone that had broken off during the construction and detected the egg fossils, so they suspended the construction and reported it to the local authorities, according to Zhang.

After professional research by experts, the egg fossils were confirmed as dinosaur egg fossils. They are now with the museum, and further research has been carried out, said Zhang. The museum is considering putting them on display, Zhang noted.

During recent years, Chinese scientists have discovered from studies of dinosaur egg fossils that a sustained decline in dinosaur diversity happened in the Late Cretaceous period.