Scientists using observations from a helicopter were able to find a place where there are fossils of the dinosaur age of 100 million years. These bones were first found back in the 1930s, but after that, the information about their whereabouts was lost, according to the Australian ABC Corporation.
first dinosaur bones, called Austrosaurus mckillopi, It was found near the city of Richmond in the Australian state of Queensland in 1932. Fragments of the remains were transferred to the scientists who determined that their age is about 100 million years, and they belong to the land-sauropod dinosaur from the group. This meant that the holder of the skeleton is the oldest sauropod discovered in Australia. Unfortunately, to continue studying Austrosaurus mckillopi scientists could not, because information about the location of the skeleton were lost.
In 2014, paleontologists have decided to resume the search for ancient bones began to fly around the area searching for a helicopter. From the air, they noticed two logs, which seemed to have been put on earth by chance. The logs are in fact designated the place where the Austrosaurus mckillopi, – bones were found at a depth of one and a half meters.
The study authors note that Austrosaurus mckillopi walked on sushe ate vegetation, reaches a length of 15 m, and the length of the bones of his ribs reaches 1.6 m. According to scientists, dinosaurs lived on the Australian continent in the early Cretaceous period.
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