Triceratops now have a new cousin. He lives quite far, namely in South Korea. His name Koreaceratops. Scientists from South Korea, the United States, and Japan announced their discovery yesterday.
Based on the analysis of fossils found in South Korea, they concluded that this was the first horned dinosaur found in the region.Given the name "Koreaceratops" due to mark the location of the discovery of this ancient animal fossils, namely Korea. Koreaceratops fossils were first discovered in 2008, on boulders along the reservoir Tando Basin.
The animals were 1.5 to 2 meters high and weighs 25-40 pounds. When compared with the Triceratops, a native of North America, Koreaceratops relatively small.
Parrot-like shape of her face, with half located in the front of the jaw. The characteristics that indicate that this animal is classified as herbivores. There are claws on his feet and can move quickly.
What is unique of its tail Koreaceratops is shaped like a fan. Scientists suspect these animals are also good at swimming and eat plants in the sea.
"Koreaceratops pertained first dinosaur from Korea who are good at imitating sounds," said Michael J. Ryan, curator and head of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
"This is a rare discovery," said Ryan, in a statement about the discovery Koreaceratops. "Dinosaur fossils are rarely found in this area. The lot is the egg and the soles of the feet."
According to Ryan, this finding is important because it can connect the vacuum of information over the fossil record 20 million years between dinosaurs in Asia and the first appearance of this species in North America.
Koreaceratops hwaseongensis estimated to live 103 million years ago in the late Early Cretaceous period. This beast is the first ceratopsian dinosaur that comes from the Korean peninsula.
Judging from the composition of skeletal bones, invertebrate animals belonging Koreaceratops back, bony hips, and has a long tail.
The Science of Nature
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