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Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science newsa mid-Cretaceous plant-eating dinosaur, a “last gasp” of a species as the planet’s climate warmed and altered life for its prehistoric inhabitants.was an early ornithopod — a species that would eventually lead to duckbill dinosaurs like— that lived 99 million years ago.
Researchers found the nearly intact fossil — including vertebrae, skull and limbs — ofdiscovery is unique because the fossil dates back to the middle of this significant transition period. According to the press release, this fossil is also rare in North America.was a streak of luck,” says Lindsay Zanno, associate research professor at North Carolina State University and co-author of the study,.
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