Discovered a new herbivorous giant lizard that lived more than 200 million years ago

New fossils discovered in Poland are evidence that dinosaurs are not the largest herbivores that existed in the Triassic Period.

Lisowicia Bojani is the name of the large animal that lived in the same time as the dinosaurs. This species has an average length of 4.5 meters, 2.6 meters high and weighs about 9 tons, equivalent to the size of a large elephant.

Lisowicia Bojani fossils were discovered in Poland.

New discovery by two scientists Tomasz Sulej, from the Polish Academy of Sciences and Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki, from Sweden's Uppsala University, has changed the previous concept that the only giant herbivore existed in the Triassic period only dinosaurs. The findings are now available in the journal Science.

Lisowicia Bojani was named by the researchers as the Therapsid species Dinodontosaurus, the omnivorous dinosaur in the middle of the Middle Permian, about 267 million years ago.

Since 2005, more than 1,000 fossilized bones of Lisowicia Bojani have been collected from the Polish region.

Restoration model of Lisowicia Bojani species.

Fossil bone analysis shows that this animal moves vertically, similar to large mammals like rhinos and hippos today.

Researcher Tomasz Sulej affirmed that this is the most remarkable discovery in his research life.

'This finding is evidence that contradicts the current view that Dinodontosaurus has declined in the later stages of the Triassic period. However, there are actually at least one branch in the genus Dinodontosaurus that grows in diversity , 'said Nick Fraser, head of the Natural Science Department at the Scottish National Museum.