In the village of Padlya in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, residents have been offering prayers to what were initially perceived as palm-sized “stone balls,” believed to be the sacred objects known as “Kakar Bhairav.” Vesta Mandaloi (40), a villager, had been venerating these objects, considering them to be the protective “kuldevta” (totem) guarding his farmland and livestock from difficulties and misfortunes, in accordance with ancestral beliefs.
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Recently, experts from Lucknow’s Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences conducted a field visit in the region and identified these revered objects as fossilized eggs of the Titanosaurus species of dinosaurs. The eggs were discovered during an excavation in January, where palaeontologists unearthed closely situated dinosaur nests and 256 eggs belonging to herbivorous titanosaurs in the Narmada Valley.
Researchers from Delhi University and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research documented the discovery of ovum-in-ovo or multi-shell eggs in the Bagh and Kukshi regions of Dhar district. Published in the PLoS One research journal, the findings, authored by Harsha Dhiman, Vishal Verma, and Guntupalli Prasad, provided detailed insights into the lives of long-necked sauropods that inhabited the region over 66 million years ago.
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According to the researchers, this discovery of multi-shell eggs of a reptile is the first of its kind globally. It holds significance in establishing similarities between the nesting habits of birds and reptiles, shedding light on the ancient history of the region and the long-extinct Titanosaurus species.
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