Discover fossil dinosaur couple

Archaeologists have found fossils of "Romeo and Juliet" dinosaurs flirting, flirting.

Finding dinosaur couples 75 million years ago

The study, published in Scientific Reports, recently published the discovery of the remains of dinosaurs in the Gobi desert in Mongolia . Especially, these dinosaurs died at a time 75 million years ago, after they showed signs of drawing each other.

Thinking of the dreamlike love in the famous work of writer Shakespeare - archaeologists named this dinosaur couple as Romeo and Juliet.

The image restores the courtship of the Romeo and Juliet dinosaurs

Through research, palaeontologist Scott Persons of the University of Alberta and colleagues found evidence that one of the two dinosaurs has long feathers in the tail . This feather is not suitable for flying so it is likely to serve something else.

Combined with the discovery, these two dinosaurs are of the same age, but the tail of a dinosaur individual is larger and has a different shape, so the experts claim that these two individuals are a male dinosaur. and a female dinosaur.

The author of the study, Scott Persons, said: " To determine the sex of dinosaurs is really difficult. We have to study very carefully because a common dinosaur fossil does not provide direct evidence of male or female sex ".

Scott Persons also hypothesized that Juliet's tail feathers could be a " trick " in flirting, flirting with dinosaur Romeo.

The results of the analysis of the tails also support this theory - the high and flexible tail, the extended tail system will help female dinosaurs show off the beauty also show the pleasure in action. Tail swing in mating dance.

Persons shared: "With a shorter, simpler tail, this will make it easier for Juliet dinosaurs to" dance ", play , flirt with the dinosaur Romeo".

Scientists say that because it is buried under the thick sand of the desert, these fossils of Romeo and Juliet dinosaurs are almost perfectly preserved . Experts continue to research to understand more about this dinosaur couple.