New species of dinosaur found in eastern Utah rock

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 16:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Paleontologists say they've found fossils from a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur hidden in slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard explosives had to be used to free the remains. The bones found at Dinosaur National Monument are a type of sauropod, which were long-necked plant-eaters said to be the largest animal ever to roam land....

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