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Δευτέρα 27 Αυγούστου 2012

New dinosaur species discovered Palaeontologists

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived before 75 million years, in excavations begun in 2002 in Southeastern France. In an area of ​​about 300 square meters, which was identified in 1993, paleontologists made three-excavations in 2002, 2009 and 2012 - each with secrecy to prevent any looting.
The new dinosaur species discovered named Atsinganosaurus velauciensis (Gypsy dinosaur) because of similarities with syngeneic dinosaurs Romania, as this new species belongs to the family of titanosafron whose other three species have so far been identified in Europe.
"We found more than 70% of the skeleton of this animal, but unfortunately not the skull. Would make a faithful representation" made by Geraldine Garcia, University of Poitiers, France in the mid-west, which conducted the research in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels.
According to preliminary data, the dinosaur was herbivorous he had small, cylindrical teeth and a length of 12 meters.
In the same area, the paleontologists found and all other fossils from the Late Cretaceous Period, before 75 million years, just before the extinction of the dinosaurs. Among them, a crocodile skull, carapace of turtles, as well as bones of other dinosaurs.
These findings will be discussed at Poitiers and Brussels before scientists trust in the museum belongs to the city of the arrow.

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