A team of international scientists have unearthed a 240 million-year-old fossils from the Triassic period of China that one scientist described as a 'long and snake-like, mythical Chinese dragon.'
A team of international scientists have discovered 240-million-year-old fossils from the Triassic period in China that one scientist described as a 'long and snake-like, mythical Chinese dragon.'The 16-foot-long aquatic reptile, called Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, has 32 separate neck vertebrae – an extremely long neck, according to the National Museums of Scotland, which announced the news on Friday.
This fossil, as well as two previously discovered embryos of a similar creature, have helped scientist learn more about this type of creature, according to the study, published by Cambridge University Press. They lived in water and likely didn't need to venture on land to lay eggs.The largest discovered skull of a Dinocephalosaurus orientalis is about 9 inches and its largest preserved tooth is about an inch.
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