A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered a skeleton of what they believe is one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs. They made their discovery after heavy rains in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul accelerated the natural process of erosion.
RIO DE JANEIRO — A team of Brazil ian scientists has discovered a skeleton of what they believe is one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs afterThe fossil found next to a reservoir in the municipality of Sao Joao do Polesine is around 233 million years old, according to palaeontologist Rodrigo Temp Müller, who led the team from the Federal University of Santa Maria that found the bones in May.
The size of the bones reveals that the dinosaur would have reached around 2.5 meters in length, according to the document.At least 40 die after heavy rains pound eastern Afghanistan, destroying houses and cutting powerAfter around four days of excavations, the group of researchers transported a block of rock containing the specimen back to the laboratory, where they ran tests.
The expert hypothesizes that their discovery is the second most complete skeleton for this type of dinosaur. Fossils are more likely to appear after rains, as water exposes the materials by removing the sediment that covers them, in a phenomenon known as weathering.in May that killed at least 182 people, according to a toll published by the state’s civil defense on July 8.
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