A
dinosaur egg weighing more than five
kilograms (11 pounds) and measuring 30 centimetres in diameter has been
found in western India, government officials said.
The egg was discovered by telecom workers digging in the town of Balasinor,
in the south of Gujarat state. Two feet from the ground, we struck an oblong
stone. On breaking the stone, a football-sized egg was found. It is white
with some orange spots on it,said M.P. Patel, sub-divisional officer of the
telecom department. Tara Mukundan, a collector from Kheda district, said
officials from the Archaelogical Survey of India will collect the egg. They
will now come and take a look at the egg. By the description given to me, I
am sure it is a dinosaur egg, He told AFP.
Mukundan said that the egg probably dated back to the Jurassic age
as other eggs had been found in the vicinity
from the period
65-million-year dinosaur egg found in
Gujarat
{ Indo-Asian News Service }
Ahmedabad,
A dinosaur's egg, possibly dating back to 65 million years ago, has been
found in Gujarat.
Workers of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) stumbled upon the five-kg egg
at Balasinore, 65 km from Ahemdabad, while digging for a telecommunications
tower."The workers chanced upon this remarkable find," Kheda District
Collector D. Thara told reporters on Tuesday.
According to experts, the egg is that of the
Rajasaurus Narmadensis, the regal reptile that once walked the Narmada
valley and brought fame to the town last year when it was reconstructed by
two paleontologists.
BSNL workers were digging the earth of Balasinore college campus for putting
up the tower when the egg was unearthed.
"It looked like a stone. When we spoke to the villagers they said it was the
egg of a dinosaur," said a BSNL worker.
Experts from the state archaeology department and the Archaeological Survey
of India are likely to visit Balasinore to inspect the exciting find.
The Rajasaurus Narmadensis was "born" when paleontology professor from the
university of Chicago Paul Sereno and paleontologist Jeff Wilson
reconstructed a dinosaur skull from remains found at Raioli, 20 km from
Balasinore.
According to the National Geographic, the dinosaurs that ruled over the area
were between 25 and 30 feet long, were relatively heavy and
walked on two legs
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