The National Museum of Rio de Janeiro released a handout picture on January 25, 2021, showing archaeologists recovering fossils of a previously unknown species of dinosaur.
The remains of a toothless, two-legged dinosaur that lived 70 million years ago have been found in Brazil.
The theropod, a group of dinosaurs that were almost all believed to be meat eaters, is what the small dinosaur is.
The new species has no teeth and has a beak-like mouth.
The paleontologists who made the find said in a statement that it was a real surprise.
The discovery was called one of the most complete dinosaurs found in Brazil in the journal Nature.
One of the study's authors said that the toothless part raised doubts about the animal's diet.
It doesn't mean it didn't eat meat. falcons and buzzards eat meat with their beaks. Most likely, it was an omnivore who lived in an inhospitable environment.
The skeleton was found along a rural road in the southern state of Parana.
It was a new species that lived between 70 million and 80 million years ago.
The species was named for two people, one of which was a revered Brazilian scientist and feminist.
The first edentulous ceratosaur from South America was reported in Scientific Reports. There is a DOI titled " 10.1038/s41598-021-01312-4".
Nature, Scientific Reports have journal information.
2021.
The remains of a very rare dinosaur species were found in Brazil in November of 2021.
The document is copyrighted. Any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research cannot be reproduced without written permission. The content is not intended to be used for anything other than information purposes.
