Thursday, April 14, 2011
Washington-fossil found surprisingly sharp-toothed beast who ruled the western United States, 200 million years ago. It's a new dinosaur species within the scope of evolution.
"Fossil short snout and a sloping front teeth belonged to Daemonosaurus chauliodus, dinosaurs who have never encountered before. These animals live in the Triassic," said Hans-Dieter Sues of the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian, England.
The findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Sues are included in the museum's curator of vertebrate paleontology, said this discovery helps fill the information gap about the evolution of dinosaurs that lived in Argentina and Brazil about 230 million years ago.
"Features of the skull and neck Daemonosaurus indicate that these animals are in the midpoint of the evolution of predators in the area of the United States," said Sues.
One feature that is a cavity in some neck bones associated with the structure of the respiratory system.
Daemonosaurus was first discovered at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, United States.
"Fossil short snout and a sloping front teeth belonged to Daemonosaurus chauliodus, dinosaurs who have never encountered before. These animals live in the Triassic," said Hans-Dieter Sues of the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian, England.
The findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Sues are included in the museum's curator of vertebrate paleontology, said this discovery helps fill the information gap about the evolution of dinosaurs that lived in Argentina and Brazil about 230 million years ago.
"Features of the skull and neck Daemonosaurus indicate that these animals are in the midpoint of the evolution of predators in the area of the United States," said Sues.
One feature that is a cavity in some neck bones associated with the structure of the respiratory system.
Daemonosaurus was first discovered at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, United States.
