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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Archaeology => Topic started by: Sanguine on July 14, 2019, 09:36:07 pm
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Researchers have found the fossilized remains of a new species of lizard inside the stomach of a small flying dinosaur known as a microraptor.
Known as Indrasaurus wangi (after an ancient Hindu legend), the lizard was found almost entirely complete, SWNS reports. The lizard was swallowed whole, head first, by the microraptor, a crucial clue that provides new information into the eating habit of the winged dinosaur.
"The new lizard had teeth unlike any other previously known from the Jehol Biota, thus expanding the diversity of this clade and possibly suggesting a unique diet for this new species," according to the statement announcing the find....
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https://www.foxnews.com/science/lizard-found-inside-flying-dinosaur (https://www.foxnews.com/science/lizard-found-inside-flying-dinosaur)
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