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2010-09-08
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Egg Find Clue To Dinosaurs' Fate
2009-10-02 19:54:09 (49 weeks ago)
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Hundreds of fossilized dinosaur eggs have been found by scientists in southern India in what appears to be a giant 65 million-year-old nesting area.

The discovery of the eggs in the southern state of Tamil Nadu could help to unravel the mystery of how dinosaurs became extinct.

A team of geologists from Periyar University in Tamil Nadu made the find by chance on September 12 while searching for a spot to excavate in the Cauvery river basin.

As they rested by a stream they spotted several spherical objects partly buried in the river bed near the village of Ariyalur - an area known for its dinosaur fossils since British enthusiasts discovered them there in the 1800s.

"Upon investigation, we found these dinosaur eggs in holes," said M.U. Ramkumar, the head of the geology department at Periyar University and the leader of the team.

"Soon we found them in clusters and realized that these might have been nests."

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