Fossilized eggs provide insights into the reproductive, nesting, and early life behaviors of the titanosaur. The discovery of over 250 fossilized eggs provides a wealth of information about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent, according to a study recently published in PLOS ONE by H
, suggesting a higher diversity of titanosaurs than is represented by skeletal remains from this region. Based on the layout of the nests, the team inferred that these dinosaurs buried their eggs in shallow pits like modern-day crocodiles. Certain pathologies found in the eggs, such as a rare case of an “egg-in-egg”, indicate that titanosaur sauropods had a reproductive physiology that parallels that of birds and possibly laid their eggs in a sequential manner as seen in modern birds.
Details of dinosaur reproductive habits can be difficult to determine. These fossil nests provide a wealth of data about some of the largest dinosaurs in history, and they come from a time shortly before the age of dinosaurs came to an end. The insights gleaned from this study contribute significantly to paleontologists’ understanding of how dinosaurs lived and evolved.
Harsha Dhiman, the lead author of the research, adds: “Our research has revealed the presence of an extensive hatchery of titanosaur sauropod dinosaurs in the study area and offers new insights into the conditions of nest preservation and reproductive strategies of titanosaur sauropod dinosaurs just before they went extinct.”
Guntupalli V.R. Prasad, co-author and leader of the research team, adds: “Together with dinosaur nests from Jabalpur in the upper Narmada valley in the east and those from Balasinor in the west, the new nesting sites from Dhar District in Madhya Pradesh , covering an east-west stretch of about 1000 km, constitute one of the largest dinosaur hatcheries in the world.”
Reference: “New Late Cretaceous titanosaur sauropod dinosaur egg clutches from lower Narmada valley, India: Palaeobiology and taphonomy” by Harsha Dhiman, Vishal Verma, Lourembam R. Singh, Vaibhav Miglani, Deepak Kumar Jha, Prasanta Sanyal, Sampat K. Tandon and Guntupalli V. R. Prasad, 18 January 2023,Funding: HD – Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. GVRP – JC Bose Fellowship from Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
65 Movie Super Bowl Trailer Terrifies With The Perfect Alien ReferenceThe SuperBowl trailer for 65movie just dropped early - and it is tense! 👀😨 The reference to Alien, with the text slowly fading in piece-by-piece, is a nice touch 👏
Read more »
'65' Super Bowl Trailer Offers More Adam Driver, More DinosaursGet even more Adam Driver and more dinosaurs with the '65' Super Bowl trailer:
Read more »
Curious Kids: How did birds survive while dinosaurs went extinct?Birds and dinosaurs lived together for millions of years, but only toothless birds survived the asteroid impact that upended life on Earth.
Read more »
Animal shelter mistakenly euthanizes woman’s dogA North Carolina animal shelter is making changes to its protocol after the wrong dog was euthanized.
Read more »
Houston closes 'tent city,' its largest homeless encampment, as residents transition to housingHouston closes major 'tent city' homeless encampment near Minute Maid as residents move to housing
Read more »
Leon Valley to sell one of its largest tracts of undeveloped land for new subdivisionThe 21 acres was deeded to Leon Valley after a lawsuit regarding flooding issues.
Read more »