A team of paleontologists has discovered a new dinosaur species they're calling Abydosaurus, which belongs to the group of gigantic, long-necked, long-tailed, four-legged, plant-eating dinosaurs such as Brachiosaurus.
In a rare twist, they recovered four heads – two still fully intact – from a quarry in Dinosaur National Monument in eastern Utah. Complete skulls have been recovered for only eight of more than 120 known varieties of sauropod.
The specific name mcintoshi honors the American paleontologist Jack McIntosh for his contributions to the study of sauropod dinosaurs. In 1975 McIntosh debunked the myth of Brontosaurus, exposing it as a mixed-up skeleton with an Apatosaurus body and a Camarasaurus skull.
Source : Brigham Young University
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Thats pretty cool, I think it's neat how even after all of these years we are still finding new species and new things out. I wonder how many other species are out there that we haven't discovered yet.
ReplyDeleteI agree, that is really interesting! .. and it just gives more hope for scientists and paleontologists to keep discovering new species. I hope that one day they will be able to get enough samples or DNA to maybe try cloning or recreating one of these amazing creatures. I think that if they could bring back plant eating dinosaurs it could be a great thing!!
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