Th? ?isc?v??? ?? ? m?ssiv? ?in?s??? sk?l?t?n in his ??ck???? w?s ??v??l?? ?s th? ?i???st ?in?s??? ??ssil ?v?? ?n???th?? in E?????.
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Im??in? w?kin? ?? ?n? ?in? ???, ?nl? t? ?in? ??t th?t ?n? ?? th? m?st ?i??ntic c???t???s t? h?v? ?v?? w?lk?? th? E??th ?nc? ??si??? in ???? ??ck????.
Th? ??s???ch c???i?? ??t ?t th? M?nt? A???? ??l??nt?l??ic?l sit? ?n???lin?s th? im???t?nc? ?? th? ??ssil ??c??? ?? v??t????t?s in th? P?m??l ???i?n (P??t???l). Im??? c???it: Instit?t? D?m L?iz (F?c?lt? ?? Sci?nc?s ?? th? Univ??sit? ?? Lis??n)
Th?t’s ?x?ctl? wh?t h????n?? t? ? m?n ???m th? cit? ?? P?m??l in P??t???l, whil? c????in? ??t s?m? c?nst??cti?n w??k in his ?????n ??ck in 2017. H? ?isc?v???? ????m?nts ?? ??ssiliz?? ??n?s ?? wh?t l??k?? lik? ? ?n??m??s ?in?s???!
Th? m?n th?n c?nt?ct?? ??s???ch??s ???m th? Univ??sit? ?? Lis??n, wh? ????n ?n???thin? th? v??t????? ?n? ?i?s ?? wh?t th?? think is ? ???chi?s???i? s??????? – ? h???iv????s, l?n?-n?ck?? ??????????l ?in?s??? – ???li?? this m?nth. Th? ?i??ntic, 39-???t-t?ll s??????? – ??????l? th? ?i???st ?? ?ll ?in?s???s ?n? th? l????st l?n? ?nim?l ?v?? t? h?v? liv?? – ???m?? this ???? ???in? th? L?t? J???ssic P??i?? ????t 160 t? 100 milli?n ????s ???.
R?s???ch??s ?xc?v?t? th? ??ssiliz?? ?i?s ?? ? s??????? ?t th? M?nt? A???? ??l??nt?l??ic?l sit? in P?m??l, P??t???l. Im??? c???it: Instit?t? D?m L?iz (F?c?lt? ?? Sci?nc?s ?? th? Univ??sit? ?? Lis??n, P??t???l)
Giv?n th? n?t???l ??siti?n th?t th? sk?l?t?n w?s ???n? in, ??l??nt?l??ists ??? h?????l th?t ???th?? ?xc?v?ti?n m?? ?nc?v?? m??? ???ts ?? th? s?m? ?in?s???.
“It is n?t c?mm?n ??? ?ll ?? ?n ?nim?l’s ?i?s t? ?? ???s??v?? in this c?n?iti?n, m?ch l?ss in th?i? ??i?in?l ?n?t?mic?l ??siti?n. This ???s??v?ti?n m?th?? is ??l?tiv?l? ?nc?mm?n in th? ??ssil ??c??? ?? ?in?s???s, ?s??ci?ll? s???????s, ???m th? P??t????s? U???? J???ssic,” s??s Eliz???th M?l?????, Univ??sit? ?? Lis??n, P??t???l (Ci?nci?s Ulís???) G?????t? R?s???ch??, F?c?lt? ?? Sci?nc?.
Th? s???????’s ?i?s w??? ???s??v?? in th?i? ??i?in?l ?n?t?mic?l ??siti?n. Im??? c???it: Instit?t? D?m L?iz (F?c?lt? ?? Sci?nc?s ?? th? Univ??sit? ?? Lis??n, P??t???l)
Th? ??ssils w??? ???n? in U???? J???ssic s??im?nt??? ??cks, s????stin? th?? ??? ????t 150m ????s ?l?.
“[This ?isc?v???] c?n?i?ms th?t th? ???i?n ?? P?m??l h?s ?n im???t?nt ??ssil ??c??? ?? L?t? J???ssic v??t????t?s, which in th? l?st ??c???s h?s ???vi??? th? ?isc?v??? ?? ???n??nt m?t??i?ls v??? si?ni?ic?nt ??? th? kn?wl???? ?? th? c?ntin?nt?l ???n?s th?t inh??it?? th? I???i?n P?nins?l? ?t ????t 145m ????s ???,” M?l???i? ?????.
P??ts ?? th? ?n???th?? ??m?ins ??? ??t t? ?? t???t?? in ? l?????t??? t? ??m?v? ?ll th? s??im?nts. Onc? th?t’s ??n?, ???th?? st??i?s will ?? c?n??ct?? ??? ?cc???t? i??nti?ic?ti?n ?n? ?xhi?iti?n.