New species discovered
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MemberCompsognathusMarch 20, 20141712 Views12 Repliesit appears dino fever has settled over the globe. New animals are being discovered with an increasing frequency.
This new one? Anzu wyliei. A North American oviraptorid.
It stood five feet tall, weighed about 500 pounds, and measured to 11 feet from its beak to the tip of its tail.
Tantilizaing remains found in years past have hinted at the possibility of north american Oviraptorids, and thanks to the fairly recent discovery, it is now confirmed. The new find was three partial skeletons that were discovered in South Dakota and North Dakota, researchersare now able to reconstruct a complete skeleton.
they now posses clear knowledge of the dinosaurs’ existence.
“We knew there was a group of Oviraptorosaurs in North America, but we didn’t know many fundamental things about them,” said Matthew Lamanna, the paper’s lead author and assistant curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
New oviraptorid skull:
Scientific reconstruction:
