In 2020, a small fossil of a jawbone was discovered on a rock formation near Lake Grapevine, where paleontologists with the Perot Museum of Nature and Science...
Stephen Kruse and Ron Tykoski, the Perot Museum’s director of paleontology and curator of vertebrate paleontology, excavate bones in this file photo.Scientists from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science recently named a newly discovered species of a plant-eating dinosaur, suggesting the animal once used to roam eastern North America more than 96 million years ago.have been collecting fossils for years.
“ is actually starting to give us the best picture, the best snapshot of life, in eastern North America, east of the Seaway of this age,” Tykoski said. “We predicted there should be plant-eating dinosaurs and animals living here. We just can’t find them.” This little dinosaur’s discovery in North Texas verifies that this species did in fact call the area home at one point and suggests more can be found in the years ahead.“There will be more discoveries, and more things coming out in the coming years,” Tykoski said. “We’re just starting to scratch the surface, and just starting to paint that picture of life here in our backyard 96 million years ago.”, Trending Reporter. Noor Adatia is a trending news reporter on the breaking team.
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