Paleontologistas canadenses descobriram uma vértebra de dinossauro de 75 a 80 milhões de anos em rochas marinhas na Colúmbia Britânica. O achado indica que dinossauros do grupo ornithomimosaurs habitavam a antiga costa do Pacífico da América do Norte.

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#NewSpecies of Ostrich-Mimic Dinosaur Discovered in Japan https://www.sci.news/paleontology/tyrannomimus-fukuiensis-12284.html

New #theropod #dinosaur from the Lower #Cretaceous of Japan provides critical implications for the early #evolution of #ornithomimosaurs https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40804-3

"Ornithomimosaurs first appeared in the Early Cretaceous and persisted until Late Cretaceous. Almost all of them were toothless, and apparently their jaws were covered by a horny beak; they also had very long legs and arms."