Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Dinosaur Discovery

Scientists at BYU have discovered a total of 67 individual dinosaurs from 8 different species. All the bones that have been found are fractured. Over time, bones break when they are brittle and are in the ground for a long period of time. While examining the bones found, they saw that when the bones were broken they were not brittle at all but new bones. This indicates that the bones were broken shortly after death or while they were alive. And these bones were crushed by MUCH larger animals.

The bones were located right near a dry, ancient lake bed and the death of the dinosaurs is likely to be from a drought. As the lake was disappearing, they believe that the larger animals used the area with the dead dinos as a stomping ground toward the lake causing the bones to break. The bones that were able to be put together to form full dinosaurs will be on display at BYU's homecoming.

Here's the link for it: http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2009/10/14/crushed_bones_reveal_literal_dino_stomping_ground.html

2 comments:

  1. I used to love reading about dinosaurs when I was a kid. It's amazing how these scientists concluded that the bones were already fractured. It makes the story of the creature that left them behind that much more interesting.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I wish the the Jurassic park was a reality lol. I would of loved to see a t-Rex(not up close lol). I think the dinosaurs died from a combination of things drought, Meteor, or an Ice age, but who really know what happened. We may never know that answer. Very interesting post.

    ReplyDelete