A new species of dinosaur discovered after decades in the museum

7 Aug 2019

A new species of dinosaur discovered after decades in the museum

A new species of dinosaur discovered after decades in the museumResearchers from London's Natural History Museum and the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg have discovered a new species of dinosaur.

It has been on display in the University of Witwatersrand museum for many years!
 	All this time, researchers thought that it is an unusual example of Massospondylus, a very common species from South Africa.
 	However, a team of researchers from London's Natural History Museum and the University of Witwatersrand decided to re-examine the specimen.
 	After examining it, they realised the bones and skull belonged to an entirely new species.
 	The shape of the skull, as well as the skull bones, were different enough to suggest that it was actually a totally different kind of dinosaur!
 	The new dinosaur would have been around 10 feet long and eaten plants and small animals.
 	It possibly had a chunky body, a long slender neck and a small, boxy head.

This specimen has been renamed "Ngwevu intloko," meaning "grey skull" in the local South African language.

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