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Fossils of primitive cousins of iconic meat-eating dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex have been discovered by scientists in North Africa.
The bones belong to two new dinosaur species from a species called Abelisauridae.
These animals that had short, bulldog snouts and even shorter arms.
These carnivorous dinosaurs were counterparts to the tyrannosaurs of the Northern Hemisphere.
They lived during the latter part of the Cretaceous period which ended with a giant asteroid impact 66 million years ago that wiped out much life on Earth.
Two new species of dinosaur were found in Morocco, just outside of Casablanca.
One species, found near the town of Sidi Daoui, is represented by a foot bone from a predator about two and a half metres long.
The other, from nearby Sidi Chennane, is the shin bone of a carnivore that grew to around five metres in length.
The finds show that Morocco was home to diverse dinosaur species just before the asteroid extinction known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene crisis.
OPS: Fossil abelisaur metatarsal bones found in the feet
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Dinosaur 1
Ref 15056
24/08/2023
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: University of Bath
Fossils of primitive cousins of iconic meat-eating dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex have been discovered by scientists in North Africa.
The bones belong to two new dinosaur species from a species called Abelisauridae.
These animals that had short, bulldog snouts and even shorter arms.
These carnivorous dinosaurs were counterparts to the tyrannosaurs of the Northern Hemisphere.
They lived during the latter part of the Cretaceous period which ended with a giant asteroid impact 66 million years ago that wiped out much life on Earth.
Two new species of dinosaur were found in Morocco, just outside of Casablanca.
One species, found near the town of Sidi Daoui, is represented by a foot bone from a predator about two and a half metres long.
The other, from nearby Sidi Chennane, is the shin bone of a carnivore that grew to around five metres in length.
The finds show that Morocco was home to diverse dinosaur species just before the asteroid extinction known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene crisis.
OPS: Fossil abelisaur tibia , the shin bone
Picture supplied by Ferrrari
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DUKAS_159526881_FER
dukas 159526881 fer
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Dinosaur 1
Ref 15056
24/08/2023
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: Andrey Atuchin / University of Bath
Fossils of primitive cousins of iconic meat-eating dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex have been discovered by scientists in North Africa.
The bones belong to two new dinosaur species from a species called Abelisauridae.
These animals that had short, bulldog snouts and even shorter arms.
These carnivorous dinosaurs were counterparts to the tyrannosaurs of the Northern Hemisphere.
They lived during the latter part of the Cretaceous period which ended with a giant asteroid impact 66 million years ago that wiped out much life on Earth.
Two new species of dinosaur were found in Morocco, just outside of Casablanca.
One species, found near the town of Sidi Daoui, is represented by a foot bone from a predator about two and a half metres long.
The other, from nearby Sidi Chennane, is the shin bone of a carnivore that grew to around five metres in length.
The finds show that Morocco was home to diverse dinosaur species just before the asteroid extinction known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene crisis.
OPS: Artist's impression of the two new Abelisauridae species. The larger , five metre long animal (on the left) confronts a family of the smaller 2.5 metre dinos on tyhe right over the washed up carcass of a marine mammal.
Picture supplied by Ferrrari
(FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)