Venomous dinosaurs

On December 21, archaeologists announced the discovery of fossils of a new carnivorous dinosaur in northern China, which covered with feathers and used venom of venom to paralyze prey like a species. snake today.

Sinornithosaurus dinosaur model eating poisonous meat

Named Sinornithosaurus, meaning 'Chinese bird lizard', this dinosaur is about the size of a turkey, who lived in forests during the late Cretan period, ago. 99.6 - 66.5 million years.

Analysis of the skull and teeth of the Sinornithosaurus dinosaur showed that the toxic glands stored on each side of the jaw and venom would be released into the prey of the prey through the groove on the outer surface of the canine teeth.

'Venom may not be strong enough to kill prey immediately but will shock and paralyze prey nervous system, the chances of survival of prey are very low' , geologist Enpu Gong works at Eastern University North, Liaoning province, China said.

Other details of fossil anatomy, published in the National Academy of Sciences (USA), show that the main prey of Sinornithosaurus is primitive birds and small dinosaurs.

Enpu Gong wrote: 'We believe that Sinornithosaurus dinosaurs are a poisonous predator, hunting birds by using long fangs to bite into the prey of hair and skin, toxins will be shocking and shocking. Fast recovery of victims'.