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A RARE DISCOVERY of dinosaur bones in Tanzania has led scientists to identify a new species of long-extinct, leaf-eating dinosaur, according to research published on Monday.
Named Rukwatitan bisepultus, the remains of the majestic creature were found in a cliff wall in the Rukwa Rift Basin of southwestern Tanzania.
Plant-eating dinosaur
When alive, the herbivore probably weighed as much as several elephants and boasted front legs that were two meters long.
But it was not as large as its cousin, Dreadnoughtus, unveiled last week after a dig in Argentina. That specimen would have weighed about 60 tons in life, and was the most complete found so far in the category of massive plant-eating dinosaurs called Titanosaurs.
Still, researchers said there are plenty of fascinating facts about the Rukwatitan bisepultus which lived about 100 million years ago, including its discovery in Africa.
Related creatures have been found mainly in South America. Scientist have found fossils for more than 30 titanosaurians in South America, but just four in Africa.
“Much of what we know regarding titanosaurian evolutionary history stems from numerous discoveries in South America — a continent that underwent a steady separation from Africa during the first half of the Cretaceous Period,” said Eric Gorscak, a doctoral student in biological sciences at Ohio University.
With the discovery of Rukwatitan and study of the material in nearby Malawi, we are beginning to fill a significant gap from a large part of the world.
The findings appear in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
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So they are protesting that a guy committed suicide after being caught illegally selling swordfish. Did I read the article correctly?
Just read the (far more professional) article in The Guardian. Seems the poor guy slipped as he was trying to retrieve his fish from the truck. Horrible way to go.
The last relatively stable country in North Africa… I smell another “Arab Spring” here…
@mac.kerel:
Yeah and wait for it…”and it was all instigated & orchestrated by the USA, the UK, the French and of course the USA’s Zionist allies the Israelies”! In fact they must have been one of them that threw him and his fish into the garbage truck in the first place!
It has got so bad now that they will soon be blaming one or all of the above for the 1st and 2nd World Wars and all things in between and before!!!
Hello Journal.ie
So the death of one guy in Morocco is a headline for Irish people? Nothing happening perhaps on the emerald isle? Without being disrespectful to this individual, surely there are thousand more injustices on a larger scale you COULD be reporting on? Some of them might even concern Ireland?
Think it’s to do with the implications of another potential Arab Spring movement
Believe it or not some people are interested in international news too
yes while your at it write strongly worded letters to rte and tv3 insisting they stop broadcasting world news during the news slots. if only we could turn off the Internet in Ireland too so none of us have to be poisoned with information from around the globe.
@deisecelt: You miss the point completely. You must have turned off from the outside world in order to be that obtuse.
@David O’Brien: The death of one man in bin lorry, is seldom regarded as INTERNATIONAL news. This is local Moroccan news. There are many things happening in the Arab world in the north African states that are international news. I am merely pointing out, the oddity of this single story being highlighted by the journal.ie. However we could always just read what is posted without ever asking questions. Perhaps that is preferable to you?
So we have idiots that think a nationwide protest in Morocco shouldn’t make the papers ?
@Bernard O’Brien: Well conclusions like yours make me give up in despair. Read what was written not what you want to see……..
@Colm Maguire: When you are in a hole it is considered a good idea to stop digging. One of the implications for Ireland and the rest of Europe is that if Morocco follows the rest of North Africa into anarchy it will mean more people in boats, lots more people in boats, trying to reach Europe and given that you can see Europe – Gibraltar and Spain – from the Moroccan coast what is already a flood has the potential to turn into a tsunami.
they love an old protest these arabs, a man gets killed in an accident and theres an investigation. happens here a lot on building sites, farms etc, we don’t see this. very aggressive. let the investigation do its job.
Not making a link to the tragic story above but if you are just looking for a good read, check out the Clintons dealings with Morocco – made my head spin… https://theintercept.com/2015/04/22/inside-morocco-clinton-influence-campaign/
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