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Scientists in Brazil identify a new species of dinosaur

2023-11-24 07:23:53, Kosova & Bota CNA

Scientists in Brazil identify a new species of dinosaur

The Geological Survey in Brazil said on November 23 that it has discovered a new species of dinosaur, a fast animal that lived in the desert during the early Cretaceous period.

The new species, called Farlowichnus rapides, was a small carnivore 60-90 centimeters long, according to the researchers. The discovery was published in the scientific journal, Cretaceous Research.

"From the large distance between the footprints we found, it is possible to conclude that it was a very fast reptile running across the desert," the Geological Survey said in a statement.

The early Cretaceous period dates from 100 to 145 million years ago.

Dinosaur fossils in Brazil were first found in the 1980s by Italian priest and paleontologist, Giuseppe Leonardi, in the city of Araraquara, in the state of Sao Paolo.

Leonard endured one of the footprint samples found in the formation called Botukatu, which is a group of rocks that formed from the ancient desert, for the Museum of Earth Sciences in 1984.

The tracks that have been found in Brazil are different from the tracks of dinosaurs found in other parts of the world, said the paleontologist of the Museum of Earth Sciences in Brazil, Rafael Costa./ REL





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