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Erfolgreiche Puzzle-Arbeit: Paläontologen präsentieren im Londoner Natural History Museum die bisher unbekannte Dinosaurierart Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae
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Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a species of dinosaur new to science, has joined the residents of London’s Natural History museum.
The dinosaur would have roamed North America in the Late Jurassic, 145-150 million years ago - now its fossilised skeleton will reside in the Museum’s Earth Hall.
Museum experts have also carried out critical scientific research on the specimen, settling a century-long taxonomic tangle and defining this fossil as a new species to science.
Wind the clock back 145 to 150 million years, and Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, standing at half a metre tall and a little over a metre long, would have been darting around the floodplains of the western United States in the shadows of giants like Diplodocus (such as Dippy) and Stegosaurus (like Sophie, who also resides in the Museum’s Earth Hall).
There are signs that this specimen was not fully grown: the top section of vertebrae (the neural arches), which form separately to the lower parts and fuse together as the animal ages, were not fully fused in place, suggesting Enigmacursor may have been quite young.
It would also have been a speedy runner, hence the latter part of its genus name, ‘cursor’. ‘Enigma’ relates to the mystery surrounding the taxonomic tangle that has been resolved today by new research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, co-authored by Museum palaeontologists Prof. Susannah Maidment and Prof. Paul Barrett.
Prof. Susannah Maidment, co-lead author of the new study, comments: “The generous donation of this rare specimen has had quite unexpected scientific repercussions. By studying its anatomy in detail, we’ve been able to clarify this species’ evolutionary relationships, its taxonomy and the diversity of a previously poorly understood group of small dinosaurs.
“Getting taxonomy right is vital; it underpins everything we do as palaeontologists and if we get i *** Local Ca
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Silhouette comparing the sizes of a great white shark (top), killer whale, human diver and the pliosaur.
[A new study by scientists at the university has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. The 8 metre long pliosaur was a terrifying creature with a large, crocodile-like head, a short neck, whale-like body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water in pursuit of prey. With its huge jaws and 20 cm long teeth, it would have been capable of ripping most other marine reptiles or dinosaurs to pieces, but this particular individual was the unfortunate victim of an arthritis-like disease.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Dr Judyth Sassoon a scientist at the University of Bristol with the lower jaw of the Westbury pliosaur.
[A new study by scientists at the university has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. The 8 metre long pliosaur was a terrifying creature with a large, crocodile-like head, a short neck, whale-like body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water in pursuit of prey. With its huge jaws and 20 cm long teeth, it would have been capable of ripping most other marine reptiles or dinosaurs to pieces, but this particular individual was the unfortunate victim of an arthritis-like disease.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Dr Judyth Sassoon a scientist at the University of Bristol with the lower jaw of the Westbury pliosaur.
[A new study by scientists at the university has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. The 8 metre long pliosaur was a terrifying creature with a large, crocodile-like head, a short neck, whale-like body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water in pursuit of prey. With its huge jaws and 20 cm long teeth, it would have been capable of ripping most other marine reptiles or dinosaurs to pieces, but this particular individual was the unfortunate victim of an arthritis-like disease.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis
Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis - neue Erkenntnisse an der Universität Bristol
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Dr Judyth Sassoon a scientist at the University of Bristol with the lower jaw of the Westbury pliosaur.
[A new study by scientists at the university has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. The 8 metre long pliosaur was a terrifying creature with a large, crocodile-like head, a short neck, whale-like body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water in pursuit of prey. With its huge jaws and 20 cm long teeth, it would have been capable of ripping most other marine reptiles or dinosaurs to pieces, but this particular individual was the unfortunate victim of an arthritis-like disease.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis
Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis - neue Erkenntnisse an der Universität Bristol
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Dr Judyth Sassoon a scientist at the University of Bristol with the lower jaw of the Westbury pliosaur.
[A new study by scientists at the university has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. The 8 metre long pliosaur was a terrifying creature with a large, crocodile-like head, a short neck, whale-like body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water in pursuit of prey. With its huge jaws and 20 cm long teeth, it would have been capable of ripping most other marine reptiles or dinosaurs to pieces, but this particular individual was the unfortunate victim of an arthritis-like disease.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis
Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis - neue Erkenntnisse an der Universität Bristol
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Silhouette comparing the sizes of a great white shark (top), killer whale, human diver and the pliosaur.
[A new study by scientists at the university has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. The 8 metre long pliosaur was a terrifying creature with a large, crocodile-like head, a short neck, whale-like body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water in pursuit of prey. With its huge jaws and 20 cm long teeth, it would have been capable of ripping most other marine reptiles or dinosaurs to pieces, but this particular individual was the unfortunate victim of an arthritis-like disease.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis
Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis - neue Erkenntnisse an der Universität Bristol
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Dr Judyth Sassoon a scientist at the University of Bristol with the lower jaw of the Westbury pliosaur.
[A new study by scientists at the university has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. The 8 metre long pliosaur was a terrifying creature with a large, crocodile-like head, a short neck, whale-like body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water in pursuit of prey. With its huge jaws and 20 cm long teeth, it would have been capable of ripping most other marine reptiles or dinosaurs to pieces, but this particular individual was the unfortunate victim of an arthritis-like disease.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis
Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis - neue Erkenntnisse an der Universität Bristol
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Dr Judyth Sassoon a scientist at the University of Bristol with the lower jaw of the Westbury pliosaur.
[A new study by scientists at the university has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. The 8 metre long pliosaur was a terrifying creature with a large, crocodile-like head, a short neck, whale-like body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water in pursuit of prey. With its huge jaws and 20 cm long teeth, it would have been capable of ripping most other marine reptiles or dinosaurs to pieces, but this particular individual was the unfortunate victim of an arthritis-like disease.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis
Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis - neue Erkenntnisse an der Universität Bristol
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Dr Judyth Sassoon a scientist at the University of Bristol with the lower jaw of the Westbury pliosaur.
[A new study by scientists at the university has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. The 8 metre long pliosaur was a terrifying creature with a large, crocodile-like head, a short neck, whale-like body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water in pursuit of prey. With its huge jaws and 20 cm long teeth, it would have been capable of ripping most other marine reptiles or dinosaurs to pieces, but this particular individual was the unfortunate victim of an arthritis-like disease.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis
Pliosaurus hatte möglicherweise Arthritis - neue Erkenntnisse an der Universität Bristol
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Dr Judyth Sassoon a scientist at the University of Bristol with the lower jaw of the Westbury pliosaur.
[A new study by scientists at the university has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. The 8 metre long pliosaur was a terrifying creature with a large, crocodile-like head, a short neck, whale-like body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water in pursuit of prey. With its huge jaws and 20 cm long teeth, it would have been capable of ripping most other marine reptiles or dinosaurs to pieces, but this particular individual was the unfortunate victim of an arthritis-like disease.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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