Talk:Egg fossil

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A fact from Egg fossil appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 September 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that paleontologists have discovered the fossilized eggs of cephalopods, fishes, and reptiles, with some dinosaur eggs (pictured) being preserved with pathological shell deformities?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Egg fossil.

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What is the origin of this term? ZFT (talk) 04:09, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it means "Old eggs".Ashorocetus (talk | contribs) 04:17, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose: Veter (old) + ova (eggs) + ta (?). Ypna (talk) 04:16, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]