Large numbers of eggs and tightly packed nests indicate dinosaurs did not fend for young
Geologists from University of Delhi have found an unusually large number of nesting sites1 and 256 fossil eggs and their fragments in the lower Narmada valley, on outcrops spanning 2.5 km2 across five villages in Madhya Pradesh, central India.
The eggs, estimated to be 66 million years old, were laid by titanosaurs, the largest dinosaurs to have roamed the planet. The plant-eating giants laid their eggs in shallow pits and buried them in nests along the shores of waterbodies in marshes.