The previously unknown creature, which may have measured up to 23 feet in length, has been named after Spanish-Mexican film director Luis Buñuel.
Paleontologists in Spain have discovered a new dinosaur species from around 150 million years ago that they say is the largest of its kind. It has been named in honor of famed Spanish-Mexican filmmaker Luis Buñuel., is a type of ornithopod—a group of herbivorous animals that were one of the most successful and enduring dinosaur lineages.
Ornithopods flourished for a vast period of time—from more than 200 million years ago to about 66 million years ago. A team from the Teruel-Dinópolis Joint Paleontological Foundation in Spain described the new dinosaur, which also represents a new genus , in a paper published in theStock image: Artist's illustration of an ornithopod dinosaur. Paleontologists have discovered a new ornithopod species from around 150 million years ago.According to the authors, the newly identified ornithopod could have reached a length of around 23 feet.
The Jurassic spanned from the end of the Triassic around 201 million years ago to the beginning of the Cretaceous, roughly 145 million years ago.is exceptionally large for an ornithopod from this geological time period, the researchers said. In fact, its dimensions more closely resemble"more modern" ornithopods from around 125 million years ago.
The fossils that the authors used to identify the new species were found during excavations at the Barrihonda-El Humero site, located in Teruel province in the region of Aragon, eastern Spain.
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