‘Abnormal’ dinosaur egg found in India

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Researchers from Delhi University have discovered a unique set of fossilized dinosaur eggs in Dinosaur Fossils National Park in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, with one egg nesting inside another.

• Eggs within eggs are a rare phenomenon, found only in birds and never in reptiles.

• This discovery brings to the new links between reptiles and avian evolution.

• The findings of discovery are published in the journal 'Scientific Reports'.

• The Upper Cretaceous Lameta Formation of Central India is long known for its dinosaur fossils.

• Scientists found evidence of 52 titanosaurid sauropod nests near Padalia village near Bagh town in Madhya Pradesh.

• One of these nests contained 10 eggs, one of which was an "abnormal" egg.

• About Dinosaur

• Dinosaurs of the Sauropod family were among the largest animals ever found on land and were found in India millions of years ago.

• Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles.

• Fossils of these animals have also been found in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Meghalaya.

• Most Dinosaurs died out by the end of the Cretaceous period.

• Modern birds are a type of dinosaur because they share a common ancestor with non-avian dinosaurs.

• Dinosaur fossils have been discovered on all seven continents.

• All non-avian dinosaurs became extinct about 66 million years ago.

• The earliest known dinosaurs look during the Triassic period (about 250 to 200 million years ago).

• One of the biggest dinosaurs was the Argentinosaurus.

• Lizards, turtles, snakes and crocodiles are all descendants of dinosaurs.

• Dinosaurs could not survive and became extinct due to climate change.