The newly discovered duck-billed dinosaur, Gonkoken nanoi, likely grew to around 13 feet long and weighed up to 1 ton, new analysis reveals.
Paleontologists have unearthed a never-before-seen species of primitive duck-billed dinosaur in Chile — the likes of which has never been found in the Southern Hemisphere. The discovery of the car-size herbivore, which has been brought to life in a stunning new video, changes what we know about the history of its flat-nosed family.
G. nanoi likely measured between 11.5 and 13 feet long and weighed 1,300 to 2,200 pounds , researchers wrote in a translated statement. G. nanoi had hundreds of teeth"with which they could grind, crush, and cut virtually any plant material, including wood," the scientists added. Image 1 of 2Researchers uncovered the remains of G. nanoi in a large"bone bed" in the Valle del Río de Las Chinas sector of Chilean Patagonia.
In a new study published June 16 in the journal Science Advances, researchers used the bones to recreate the species' skeleton. In a video press conference in Spanish, researchers shared a short clip created by animator PaleoGDY that shows what G. nanoi may have looked like. The team believes that G. nanoi represents an"evolutionary link" between older and younger hadrosaur species. But the researchers do not think that G. nanoi was an ancestor to the other hadrosaurs in the Southern Hemisphere. Instead, they believe the newfound species lived alongside its more advanced counterparts.
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