A Giant Diplodocus Just Turned Up Where Scientists Never Expected
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A Giant Diplodocus Just Turned Up Where Scientists Never Expected
A dinosaur long thought to belong exclusively to North America has turned up in Spain, offering a 150-million-year-old clue to how giants moved between continents. Paleontologists at the Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis have identified the first evidence of Diplodocus outside North America. Their study, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, places the familiar [...]
Spanish paleontologists have found the first evidence that long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs called diplodocus roamed Europe in addition to what is now North America tens of millions of years ago. The bones of these Jurassic giants were found near the eastern Spanish city of Teruel, Reuters reported, citing a study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Spanish Paleontologists identified the first evidence of the Diplodocus dinosaur outside of North America at a fossil site in Spain. The discovery, which dates back to 150 million years, offers new perspectives on the dispersion of dinosaurs between continents. Diplodocus discovery in Spain Diplodocus identification occurred in La Tejería, a excavation site in El Castellar, Teruel. Researchers at the Teruel-Dinopolis Joint Paleontological Founda…
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