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In a groundbreaking discovery that could potentially unlock the mystery surrounding the disappearance of dinosaurs, experts in India have uncovered an ancient dinosaur spawning ground, featuring hundreds of clusters of eggs. Initial estimates place the fossilized remains at about 65 million years in the past, although more tests need to be conducted before a final age is established. The find was made in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, as experts were searching for a suitable place to excavate an ancient riverbed, the BBC News reports. As investigators dug deeper and deeper into the riverbed, they eventually came across some peculiar, round formations, which they labeled as dinosaur eggs. They snapped photos of the formations, and then sent them to a number of universities and experts. All of them returned with the same answer â€" these were, indeed, fossilized eggs from the largest lizards that ever lived. “The important finding is that these eggs have been found in di!
fferent layers that means the dinosaurs came to the place over and over year after year,” MU Ramkumar, the leader of the team that made the discovery, told the BBC News. “The second important thing is that we have got volcanic ash deposits on the eggs which suggests that volcanic activity could have caused their ...
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