Saturday 26 March 2016

Sharp-toothed Boreonykus, a dog-sized dinosaur, found near Grande Prairie

Boreonykus, a new species of dinosaur about the size of a dog and possessing a lethal claw, shown in a handout illustration, has been discovered in northwestern Alberta by an Australian paleontologist.A new species of dinosaur about the size of a dog and possessing a lethal claw has been discovered in northwestern Alberta by an Australian paleontologist.The remains of the Boreonykus was discovered at the Pipestone Creek bonebed — a huge gravesite of the plant-eating dinosaur Pachyrhinosaurus that dates back 73 million years. The site is about 20 kilometres southwest of Grande Prairie. 
The Boreonykus bones were found among thousands of bones from another dinosaur. =read more =http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/sharp-toothed-boreonykus-a-dog-sized-dinosaur-found-near-grande-prairie-1.3494699

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