THE discovery of a sharp-toothed dinosaur fossil in New Mexico was described today as a “missing link” by the US scientists who made the discovery.
Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution unearthed the dinosaur skull and neck vertebrae in Abiquiu, New Mexico, where it had remained buried for around 230 million years.
The new species, Daemonosaurus chauliodus, helps bridge the gap between the dinosaurs that existed in areas now covered by Argentina and Brazil, and later theropod dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex, the scientists claimed in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The dinosaur’s 14cm skull features large, forward-slanted teeth and large eye sockets. Because only the skull and neck were found, the exact height of the species is unknown, but researchers estimate it would have been the same size as a large dog. –Herald Sun
Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution unearthed the dinosaur skull and neck vertebrae in Abiquiu, New Mexico, where it had remained buried for around 230 million years.
The new species, Daemonosaurus chauliodus, helps bridge the gap between the dinosaurs that existed in areas now covered by Argentina and Brazil, and later theropod dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex, the scientists claimed in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The dinosaur’s 14cm skull features large, forward-slanted teeth and large eye sockets. Because only the skull and neck were found, the exact height of the species is unknown, but researchers estimate it would have been the same size as a large dog. –Herald Sun
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