Rabu, 07 Desember 2011

New Horned Dinosaur Species Discovered!

One species of horned dinosaur known as Spinops sternbergorum have been found. The framework of this species was stored for 100 years at the museum The Natural History Museum in London, England.

As reported by The Telegraph, Wednesday (12/07/2011), this dinosaur is a type ofherbivorous animals and derived from the same family with a Triceratops. The framework was originally excavated dinosaurs in a fossil dig in the place known as 'Bone Bed' in Alberta, Canada in 1916.
Dinosaur bones were then sent to The Natural History Museum in London. But by the museum at the time, the fossils are considered useless junk alias so let it alone.Until about 100 years later the experts realize that they have a new species not yetdescribed.

The bones were later rediscovered by a group of researchers decided to look backat the fossil. They also realized that the fossils are not the same as the others.

"I immediately knew there was something unusual with these fossils, and very fun tolearn about their history is complicated," said research team leader, Andrew Farke.

"This is not just one but several individuals of the same species, so we are sure it's not just one example of the previous species," he explained.

With this discovery means researchers can redefine paleontologists about thehorned dinosaurs, types of food tananaman dinosaurs and dinosaurs can beclassified among the types of large and small horn

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