Lower Cretaceous Period
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Pterosaur species

Pterosaur egg with fully developed pterosaur embryo, from the Jingangshan beds of the Yixian formation, Liaoning, China.

Specimen:  JZMP-03-03-2

Analysis suggests that the egg contains a type of ornithocheirid pterosaur, showing some soft tissues.  The egg appears to have been soft shelled.

Ji Q., Ji S.-A., Cheng Y-N., You H-L, La J-C., Liu Y-Q and Yuan C-X; 2004, Palaeontology: Pterosaur egg with a leathery shell. Nature 432, p.572 (2 Dec 2004)