The giant egg-like orbs found in Gunnam Lake near Perambalur have been revealed to be fossils of marine contrary to rumours of it being dinosaur eggs.
Giant egg-shaped orbs were found while deepening the Kunnam Lake near Perambalur. Immediately rumours started going around that these were dinosaur eggs. However, a subsequent study revealed that they were not dinosaur eggs, but fossils of marine life.
Sivakumar, curator of the Trichy Museum said that ammonite deposits on the fossils of marine life such as snails were the main reason for the formation of such rocks. Ramesh Karuppia, one of the group’s members, was quoted as saying that Ariyalur and Perambalur were submerged in the sea billions of years ago.
“Marine species must have been trapped in the concurrent process for centuries. It was misquoted as a dinosaur egg,”, he said.
Ammonites are extinct marine species that existed some 416 million years ago. The name “ammonite” is inspired by their fossil shells’ spiral shape, which somewhat resembles the horns of tightly covered rams. These organisms are more closely related to living colloids such as octopus, squid, and cuttlefish.