Chilesaurus Diegosuarezi: Bizarre 'platypus' Dinosaur Discovered
Sunday, May 3, 2015 - 12:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Although closely related to the notorious carnivore Tyrannosaurus rex, a new lineage of dinosaur discovered in Chile is proving to be an evolutionary jigsaw puzzle, as it preferred to graze upon plants. Palaeontologists are referring to Chilesaurus diegosuarezi as a 'platypus' dinosaur because of its extremely bizarre combination of characters that include a proportionally small skull and feet more akin to primitive long-neck dinosaurs. read more