Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Recover 50 tail vertebrae of the first articulated dinosaur ... - RTVE

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complete vertebrae articulated tail the only dinosaur discovered in Mexico have been recovered in a reservoir of Coahuila (north) with other bones, after 20 working days, as reported by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).

remains belong to a hadrosaur or duckbill Crested 72 million years ago. They were found in May 2005 and started working with them last July 2.

INAH said in recent days were recovered 50 tail vertebrae joined together, as they were in their origin and limb bones and hip, among others.

Appendix, about five meters and under which we expect to find the rest of the body, is half of a dinosaur whose total length is calculated in 12 meters, has comentadoFelisa Aguilar of the INAH and director of the excavation with René Hernández of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

paleontologist also explained the importance of this skeleton is that it is very rare to find this type of specimens with most of his bones together.

The tail was found in the municipality of General Cepeda, a few miles from two of the most important paleontological sites in Coahuila.

parts will be transferred by a space from the county seat of General Cepeda conditioning as a laboratory for cleaning and identification of the remains, after which they will build.

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