RAIN LIZARD DINOSAUR FOUND

A Ph.D student has discovered a new species of dinosaur called the Pulanesaura eocollum, or "Rain lizard," that lived 30 to 40 million years before brontosaurus. While Pulanesaura eocollum is classified as a long-necked sauropod dinosaur – making it an early ancestor of brontosaurus – what made it unique is that the herbivorous dinosaur stayed on all fours, using its flexible neck to gather lower vegetation as its food source. Ph.D student Blair McPhee described the new species of dinosaur in a paper to be published in Scientific Reports in September. The fossils of pulanesaura show that it had specialized teeth, vertebrae and forelimbs, suggesting that the dinosaur would eat from the ground instead of using its forelimbs like other herbivores of the time, conserving energy. Since the Rain lizard had to rely on the flexibility of its neck to eat, it was able to shift its forelimbs beneath its body for support while grazing.READ MORE -http://www.techtimes.com/articles/78460/20150821/new-species-dinosaur-called-rain-lizard-ancestor-brontosaurs.htm