Two dinosaur egg fossils were given by the Nanyang municipal government of Chinese mainland to the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Wednesday.

Director of Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Anissa WongSean-yee, accepted the egg fossils on behalf of the HKSAR.

She thanked the representative of the Nanyang municipal government for the generous donation of the fossils and she hoped that this would further strengthen cooperation between the people of the two places.

With the species name, Spheroolithus sp., the two fossils were excavated in Henan Province of the mainland in October 2001. They belong to the Mesozoic era, late Cretaceous period.

The fossils are 16cm in length, 13cm in width, 12cm in height, 3.15kg in weight and 14cm in length, 12cm in width, 12cm in height,2.75kg in weight respectively.

According to Wong, the fossils will be the first of their kind at the Hong Kong Science Museum. They will be on show at the Life Sciences Hall in the museum from April 11.

Source: Xinhua