Villagers’ ‘Kuldevta’ Turns Out to Be Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Eggs in MP

Dhar (MP): Initially believed to be mere palm-sized “stone balls” in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, a recent field visit by experts from Lucknow’s Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences revealed a surprising twist – they were actually fossilized dinosaur eggs.

Vesta Mandaloi, who had been venerating these objects as “Kakar Bhairav,” discovered they belonged to the Titanosaurus species. Other similar findings worshipped by locals were also confirmed as dinosaur eggs.

In January, palaeontologists discovered dinosaur nests and 256 eggs in the Narmada Valley. Delhi University and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research researchers documented ovum-in-ovo eggs in Dhar’s Bagh and Kukshi regions. Published in PLoS One, the findings provide insights into sauropods’ lives over 66 million years ago.

The eggs, found in an estuary formed during the Tethys Sea and Narmada merging, highlight the incursion of the sea 400 kms inside the valley due to Seychelles breaking away from the Indian plate.

This discovery of a multi-shell reptile egg is a global first, suggesting similarities in nesting habits between birds and reptiles.