I found this article interesting because it is about a dinosaur fossil that is over 245 million years old. The fossil has been kept in a museum in London. The specimen has recently been related and indentified as the Nyasasaurus parringtoni, the earliest dinosaur to roam the earth. The Nyasasaurus parringtoni was about the size of a medium sized dog. The fossil was found in a lake called Lake Malawi (the article says it was Lake Nyasa at the time it was found) in Africa during the 1930's. Scientists have said the Nyasasaurus probably stood upright, was a meter tall at the hip, 2-3 meters long from head to tail, and weighed 20-60 kg. I find it interesting that about 80 years after the fossil was found that it is finally revealed as what the type of dinosaur it was.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Earliest known dinosaur discovered
http://news.yahoo.com/earliest-known-dinosaur-discovered-000536001.html
I found this article interesting because it is about a dinosaur fossil that is over 245 million years old. The fossil has been kept in a museum in London. The specimen has recently been related and indentified as the Nyasasaurus parringtoni, the earliest dinosaur to roam the earth. The Nyasasaurus parringtoni was about the size of a medium sized dog. The fossil was found in a lake called Lake Malawi (the article says it was Lake Nyasa at the time it was found) in Africa during the 1930's. Scientists have said the Nyasasaurus probably stood upright, was a meter tall at the hip, 2-3 meters long from head to tail, and weighed 20-60 kg. I find it interesting that about 80 years after the fossil was found that it is finally revealed as what the type of dinosaur it was.
I found this article interesting because it is about a dinosaur fossil that is over 245 million years old. The fossil has been kept in a museum in London. The specimen has recently been related and indentified as the Nyasasaurus parringtoni, the earliest dinosaur to roam the earth. The Nyasasaurus parringtoni was about the size of a medium sized dog. The fossil was found in a lake called Lake Malawi (the article says it was Lake Nyasa at the time it was found) in Africa during the 1930's. Scientists have said the Nyasasaurus probably stood upright, was a meter tall at the hip, 2-3 meters long from head to tail, and weighed 20-60 kg. I find it interesting that about 80 years after the fossil was found that it is finally revealed as what the type of dinosaur it was.
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