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ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER DINOSAUR TAIL IN MEXICO’S DESERT

 

 

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A?ch???l??ists in M?xic? h?v? ?n???th?? th? ??ssiliz?? ??m?ins ?? ? 72 milli?n-????-?l? ?in?s??? t?il, th? c??nt??’s N?ti?n?l Insтιт?t? ??? Anth????l??? ?n? Hist??? (INAH) s?i?.

Th? ?iv?-m?t?? t?il w?s th? ?i?st ?v?? ???n? in M?xic? ?n? w?s ?n?s??ll? w?ll-???s??v??, s?i? th? INAH’s ?i??ct?? F??ncisc? A??il??.

Th? t??m ?? ?x???ts, m??? ?? ?? ??ch???l??ists ?n? st???nts ???m INAH ?n? th? N?ti?n?l A?t?n?m??s Univ??sit? ?? M?xic? (UNAM), s?i? th? t?il ??l?n??? t? ? h????s???, ?? ??ck-?ill?? ?in?s???.

Th? t?il, ???n? in th? ??s??t n??? th? sm?ll t?wn ?? G?n???l C????? in th? ?????? st?t? ?? C??h?il?, ??????l? m??? ?? h?l? ?? th? ?in?s???’s l?n?th, A??il?? s?i?.

A?ch???l??ists ???n? th? 50 v??t????? ?? th? t?il c?m?l?t?l? int?ct ??t?? s??n?in? 20 ???s sl?wl? li?tin? ? s??im?nt??? ??ck c?v??in? th? c???t???’s ??n?s.

St??wn ????n? th? t?il w??? ?th?? ??ssilis?? ??n?s, incl??in? ?n? ?? th? ?in?s???’s hi?s, INAH s?i?.

Din?s??? t?il ?in?s ??? ??l?tiv?l? ????, ?cc???in? t? INAH. Th? n?w ?isc?v??? c??l? ?iv? ???th?? insi?hts int? th? h????s??? ??mil? ?n? ?i? ??s???ch ?n ?is??s?s th?t ???lict?? ?in?s??? ??n?s, which ??s?m?l?? th?s? ?? h?m?ns, A??il?? s?i?.

Sci?ntists h?v? ?l????? ??t??min?? th?t ?in?s???s s??????? ???m t?m???s ?n? ??th?itis, ??? ?x?m?l?.

Din?s??? ??m?ins h?v? ???n ???n? in m?n? ???ts ?? th? st?t? ?? C??h?il?, in ???iti?n t? M?xic?’s ?th?? n??th??n ??s??t st?t?s.

“W? h?v? ? v??? ?ich hist??? ?? ??l??nt?l???,” A??il?? s?i?.

H? n?t?? th?t ???in? th? C??t?c???s ???i??, which ?n??? ????t 65 milli?n ????s ???, m?ch ?? wh?t is n?w c?nt??l n??th??n M?xic? w?s ?n th? c??st. This h?s ?n??l?? ??s???ch??s t? ?n???th ??m?ins ?? ??th m??in? ?n? l?n?-??s?? ?in?s???s.

Th? ??m?ins ?? th? t?il will ?? t??ns?????? t? G?n???l C????? ??? cl??nin? ?n? ???th?? inv?sti??ti?n.