Paleontologists in southern France have made an astonishing discovery.
According to Musée-Parc des Dinosaures de Mèze Director-Curator Alain Cabot, paleontologists have stumbled upon remarkable dinosaur breeding grounds at the Mèze fossil site, discovering hundreds of fossilized eggs dating back almost 72 million years.
During the winter evacuation, the scientists came across a huge concentration of dinosaur eggs.
It is remarkable that millions of years have passed, yet many eggs are intact with their shells and visible internal structures.
Cabot stated that the site shows an “exceptional concentration” of fossilized eggs spread over approximately 15 square miles.
They uncovered more than 100 eggs; However, researchers believe that there are still a large number of eggs buried beneath the surrounding sediment, while the extensive layer serves as evidence that dinosaurs once used the area as their breeding ground.
It is pertinent to mention that the preliminary assessment suggested that most of the eggs belong to titanosaurs, large herbivorous dinosaurs with long necks that were found in the late Cretaceous period.
In addition to titanosaur eggs, paleontologists have also discovered identified eggs of smaller species, indicating that many dinosaurs lived in the same breeding environment.
