Discover strange monster dinosaurs
Chilesaurus is a strange dinosaur, when it has many characteristics of different dinosaurs converging in a single body.
Early scientists believed that Chilesaurus was a carnivorous dinosaur, based on its external appearance. However, this exotic dinosaur is actually a vegetarian.
This may be an important scientific event because it narrowed the mysterious gap between dinosaurs that biologists have not yet explained.
Chilesaurus is a new dinosaur found in southern Chile in 2015. Initially, scientists believed it to be a member of the Therapod (zooplankton) , a group of famous carnivorous dinosaurs of all kinds. Typically Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor.
However, the classification of these new dinosaurs quickly faced many difficulties. Chilesaurus is a species with strange physical properties when its parts are made up of many different species. For example, the head bone of this species is identical to that of carnivorous dinosaurs, but they have flat teeth, suitable for crushing plants.
Chilesaurus is a new dinosaur found in southern Chile in 2015.
Now the scientists decided that Chilesaurus belonged to the ornithischia set , and thought it was a relative of famous herbivorous dinosaurs such as Stegosaurus and Iguanadon.
The placement of Chilesaurus into a set of bird-like dinosaurs shows how the two sets of dinosaurs link together and how they have been spaced out in evolution.
"Chilesaurus is like a species created from the characteristics of other creatures, which is why it confuses people," said Matthew Baron, one of the people who decided to take Chilesaurus into the ornithischia ministry.
" Chilesaurus is one of the most difficult and compelling dinosaurs ever discovered. The strange combination of its properties has put this dinosaur in an important position in the evolution of terror. Long and help us see how the really big separation of major dinosaur groups occurs , ' said Paul Barrett of the American Museum of Natural History.
To determine the identity of Chilesaurus, scientists analyzed over 450 different characteristics of previous dinosaurs and compared them to the newly discovered specimen. This approach allows the dinosaurs to be divided more accurately and determine the location of the species in the evolutionary tree.
With the classification of Chilesaurus, scientists think that the evolution of dinosaurs may be more diverse than we ever thought. In addition, the Chilesaurus classification also made it necessary to review and reclassify some other dinosaurs.
"There is a division in the genealogy of the dinosaurs and these two branches have different evolutionary directions. This seems to have happened due to the change in the diet of Chilesaurus. Perhaps this is when some dinosaurs find it more beneficial to give up meat to eat plants, or they are forced to change , " Baron said.
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