Five fossilized dinosaur eggs were found in a construction site near Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province. The fossilized eggs were preserved in a red sandstone and buried 26 feet deep, believed to belong from the phytophagous dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period 70 million years ago.

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Liu Jianxiong, the chief geologist Foshan, said that there are 2 special things in the Sanshui Basin. The area is rich in minerals, and it has a lot of fossils such as dinosaur eggs that present an important discovery regarding the research of paleoclimate and a sedimentary environment.

The 5 fossilized dinosaur eggs are round in shape that belongs to plant-eating phytophagous dinosaurs. Of these 5 eggs, the 3 were damaged but still visible and the 2 were imprinted on the stone, according to Qiu Licheng of Guangdong's Archaeological Institute.

This is not the first time that fossilized dinosaur eggs unearthed in China. Previously, 43 fossilized dinosaur eggs found in the country's southern part. The eggs appeared during a road excavation in Heyuan which is also called as "Home of Dinosaurs" located in the Guangdong province.

The fossilized eggs were about 13 cm in diameter, and the 19 eggs were absolutely preserved, according to Du Yanli, the city director of Dinosaur Museum. The Chinese Academy of Sciences experts will also observe these 43 fossilized dinosaur eggs to identify which species they belong. 

Approximately 17,000 broken pieces of fossilized dinosaur eggs were recovered in the area following the discovery of the first dinosaur eggs. Yali said that there is a chance that dinosaur eggs will be discovered in sandstone beds over the city that may cause to stop the construction building to unearth the fossils in the site.