Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTQWedrTi4E5lq_GzxottVkbizLSFRckK04Z0kKv3YFWfv1ZX-BFckZTkfWEUePn5loqHu8VYRLmBRnOOZ3j-yYKsayIbAzPt6uFvGOk4kR94TA70mQsCMvD88JmerGm1S3XCMnyFwhQ/s1600/Paleontologists+discover+dinosaur+tail+in+northern+Mexico.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTQWedrTi4E5lq_GzxottVkbizLSFRckK04Z0kKv3YFWfv1ZX-BFckZTkfWEUePn5loqHu8VYRLmBRnOOZ3j-yYKsayIbAzPt6uFvGOk4kR94TA70mQsCMvD88JmerGm1S3XCMnyFwhQ/s400/Paleontologists+discover+dinosaur+tail+in+northern+Mexico.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <h1 class="headline" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 10px;"> <br /></h1> <h1 class="headline" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 10px;"> <a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/07/paleontologists-discover-dinosaur-tail.html">Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico</a></h1> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A team of paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur tail in a desert in northern Mexico, the country's National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) said on Monday.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Apart from being unusually well preserved, the 5 meter (16 foot) tail was the first ever found in Mexico, said Francisco Aguilar, INAH's director in the border state of Coahuila.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The team, made up of paleontologists and students from INAH and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), identified the fossil as a hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The tail, found near the small town of General Cepeda, likely made up half the dinosaur's length, Aguilar said.</div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/07/paleontologists-discover-dinosaur-tail.html">Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico</a></h3> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> Dinosaur tail finds are relatively rare, according to INAH. The new discovery could further understanding of the hadrosaur family and aid research on diseases that afflicted dinosaur bones, which resembled those of humans, Aguilar said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> Scientists have already determined that dinosaurs suffered from tumors and arthritis, for example.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> Dinosaur remains have been found in many parts of the state of Coahuila, in addition to Mexico's other northern desert states.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The presence of the remains was reported to INAH by locals in June 2012. After initial inspections, excavation began earlier this month. The remains of the tail will be transferred to General Cepeda for cleaning and further investigation.</span></div> </div> <div> <br /></div> </div>

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