Seven fossilised eggs of herbivorous dinosaurs, weighing 2.6kgs each, found in Madhya Pradesh

Seven fossilised eggs of herbivorous dinosaurs belonging to the Cretaceous interval (65 million years in the past) have been present in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandla district, a paleontologist claimed on Thursday. It appears these eggs belong to a probably new species of dinosaurs hitherto not identified in India, he mentioned.

These fossils of eggs have been found in Mohantola locality, 4km from Mandla district headquarters, mentioned Prof P Okay Kathal, who’s connected to the Centre of Advanced Study in Geology at Sagar-based Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, a central college.

I visited the location on an invite from Prashant Shrivastava, a schoolteacher in Mandla, on October30. It was he (Shrivastava) who obtained eggs from the location, when he first noticed one in every of them in arms of a neighborhood boy.

“Later, I studied the fossilised eggs utilizing a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), the central varsity professor instructed PTI over the cellphone.

The eggs have a mean circumference of 40 cm with common weight of two.6 kg every, he added.

Kathal mentioned these eggs have been noticed in a newly-dug tank through the coronavirus-induced lockdown.

It appears these eggs belong to a probably new species hitherto not identified in India, the researcher mentioned.

These reptiles used to come back from far off areas to put eggs on sandy banks of rivers on this space, recognized scientifically as Lameta mattress, he added.

This discover will assist us perceive the unfold of dinosaurs and shed some gentle on causes of their extinction.

The eggs appear to belong to a brand new species of beaked or sauropod dinosaur, he added.

The first dinosaur fossils in India have been found in 1828 by Colonel Sleeman within the cantonment space in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, Kathal mentioned.

Later, some eggs have been recovered from the identical space in addition to from the Kuchhi area close to Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, he added.

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