The discovery of a new dinosaur species in Mongolia has made it’s way back to the city of Calgary, with University of Calgary’ Darla Zelenitsky among the group during the discovering.
The dinosaurs claws were originally found in the Gobi Desert back in 2012, during the construction of a water pipeline.
The dinosaur was found to have claws up to 12 centimeters long, said to be a rarity in the fossil world claims paleontologists online.
Zelenitsky, is a professor and paleontologist from Calgary and played a pivotal roll to reveal the details of the discovered claws.
The find has been identified as a Duonychus, called “the sloths of the Cretaceous period” by experts. Weighing approximately 550lbs and standing three meters tall, this is the only discovery of the dinosaur so far.
Science looks to prove the habitat of the newly recovered species, with iScience suggesting it’s habitat stretches from Asia to North America.
Nearly 50 new dinosaur species are uncovered yearly and the Duonychus shows just how important paleontology is, these discoveries help continue to understand prehistoric life and evolution on how we came to Earth as we know.
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