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[표지로 읽는 과학] A extensive-necked herbivorous dinosaur that lived about 230 million a long time ago: Dong-A Science

On the 8th, the worldwide scientific magazine Character printed the overall look of a dinosaur known as ‘Mbiresaurus lati’ as the cover. This dinosaur is a extended-necked sauropod, estimated to be 1 m tall and weighing about 30 kg. A herbivorous dinosaur with a smaller head, extended neck, and serrated enamel.

This dinosaur fossil was located in Zimbabwe, Africa. It is approximated to have lived around 230 million a long time in the past. This is the oldest dinosaur fossil at any time found in Africa. An intercontinental joint investigate workforce, together with Virginia Tech and the Zimbabwe Museum of Normal Background, revealed the effects of the assessment of this fossil in Character on the 31st of last month.

In accordance to the study team’s examination, the area of Zimbabwe, wherever this dinosaur lived about 230 million decades back, was situated even more south than it is nowadays, with large humidity and plentiful vegetation. That is why it is thought that most dinosaurs lived in this space. In reality, quite a few forms of fossils have been constantly identified in this spot. The analysis found of the fossil this time all-around 230 million many years outdated is also centered on a comparative analysis with fossils identified in the bordering region.

The analysis crew claimed, “If you attract a line connecting northern Argentina, southern Brazil, and India primarily based on the recent typical, the location over the line has a equivalent climate. It is spelled out that a kind of weather barrier was shaped which permitted the dinosaurs to are living with each other.

Through the two visits, the research group also found the Herrerasaurus, a big carnivorous dinosaur, the Cynodont, an ancestor of mammals, and Aitosaurus, the ancestor of the crocodile.