Saturday, 26 August 2017

New species of gigantic, long necked dinosaurs found

A file photo of a long-necked dinosaur. Representational image.
A file photo of a long-necked dinosaur. Representational image.
New York: Scientists have discovered a new species of long-necked titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania that lived about 70 to 100 million years ago.
The new species named Shingopana songwensis is a member of the gigantic, long-necked sauropods. Its fossil was discovered in the Songwe region of the Great Rift Valley in southwestern Tanzania.
“There are anatomical features present only in Shingopana and in several South American titanosaurs, but not in other African titanosaurs,” said Eric Gorscak, -read more

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