Fossilized dinosaur eggs found in India

Indian Geologists have found 65-million-year old clusters of fossilized dinosaur eggs in the country's southern state of Tamil Nadu.

"We found layer upon layer of spherical eggs and body parts of dinosaur and each cluster contained eight eggs," head of the research team and Periyar University geologist M. Ramkumar said Thursday.

The eggs, which were 13-20 cm in diameter, were found in sandy nests during a study funded by Indian and German scientific institutions, Reuters reported.

The clusters were found along with dung and bone remains of dinosaurs under ash from volcanic eruptions on the Deccan plateau, which geologists say might have caused the dinosaurs' extinction.

"Occurrences of unhatched eggs in large numbers at different stratigraphic levels indicate that the dinosaurs kept returning to the same site for nesting," survey team member Anbarasu said.

Researchers have asked local officials to protect the site from plunderers.