Greenland: New dinosaur species 'Cold Bone' discovered which stood over 5-feet tall

Scientists have discovered a species of disaur that was 13 feet long, five feet tall and weighed up to 1000 kg and was an ancestor of diplodocus. As per reports of Daily Mail, scientists said that nearly two complete skull fossils of plant-eating disaurs were found in Jameson Land, East Greenland. new disaur species' scientific name is Issi saaneq, which translates to 'Cold Bone,' lived around 214 million years ago when East Greenland was connected to Europe.

In a study published in journal Diversity, an international team of palaeontologists from four nations, Brazil, Portugal, Germany and Denmark looked at skull fossil of Cold Bone and discovered new species. According to Daily Mail, Victor Beccari of Universidade VA de Lisboa in Portugal stated that Issi would have been small compared to or long-necked disaurs that followed m.

Palaeontologists from Harvard University discovered full skulls in 1990s

Palaeontologists from Harvard University discovered  skulls during expeditions to Greenland in early 1990s. However, experts have just recently completed a thorough examination of remains and designated it as a new species, according to Daily Mail. Both skulls were scanned using a micro-CT-scan and segmented in order to see internal features and bones that were still covered by sediment. Following that, researchers generated 3D models of remains.

Cold Bone has a number of distinguishing characteristics that put it apart from all or species, yet it shares some similarities with Brazilian disaurs like Macrocollum and Unaysaurus. According to Daily Mail, Issi saaneq or Cold Bone is about 15 million years older than Brazilian disaurs.

Supercontinent Pangaea broke apart during Cold Bone's lifespan

East Greenland was once linked to what is w Europe during Late Triassic period. supercontinent Pangaea broke apart during Cold Bone's lifespan, and Atlantic Ocean formed. As a result, Greenland served as a bridge between Pangea's arid interior and continent's humid periphery. According to Daily Mail, East Greenland's fauna was diversified at period, with huge fishes, amphibians, phytosaurs, pterosaurs, and some of first disaurs among its inhabitants. Lars Clemmensen of University of Copenhn, who is one of study's authors stated that at time, Earth was going through climate shifts that allowed first plant-eating disaurs to reach Europe and beyond.

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