dinosaur found in eastern Utah rock

Dinosaur image provided by the National Park Service. This image provided by the National Park Service on Tuesday, shows the right and left views.


SALT LAKE CITY, Fossils of a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur have been found in slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard that explosives had to be used to free some of the remains, scientists said Tuesday. The bones found at Dinosaur National Monument belonged to a type of sauropod long necked plant eaters that were said to be the largest animal ever to roam land.
he discovery included two complete skulls from other types of sauropods an extremely rare find.


The fossils offer fresh insight into lives of dinosaurs some 105 million years ago. The evolution of sauropod teeth, which reveal eating habits and other information, said Dan Chure, a paleontologist at the monument that straddles the Utah Colorado border.