This dinosaur had a tail like no other ⬇️
Paleontologists in subantarctic Chile have discovered the remains of a"very weird" ankylosaur that had a deadly armored tail like no other known dinosaur, the researchers said.
In addition to revealing its weaponized tail, the dinosaur's remains tell a previously unknown tale about ankylosaur evolution: The breaking apart of the supercontinent Pangaea during the Jurassic period led to extreme differences between ankylosaurs on the northern supercontinent Laurasia and those on the southern supercontinent Gondwana, like this newfound species, named Stegouros elengassen. The newfound species was described in a study published online Wednesday in the journal Nature.
The dinosaur's genus name, Stegouros, comes from the Greek words for"roof" and"tail" — a nod to its covered tail — and its species name, elengassen, refers to an armored beast in the mythology of the local Aónik'enk people. What's more, the ankylosaur's pelvis is wide and stegosaur-like."If you had only the pelvis, you would think you had the first Stegosaurus of the Cretaceous," he said.
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