Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of meat-eating dinosaur in Utah. The first specimen of the dinosaur, recently named Allosaurus jimmadseni, was uncovered in Dinosaur National Monument in northeastern Utah in the early 1990s, according to the University of Utah. The dinosaur, which roamed western North America 157 million to 152 million years ago, is the oldest species of Allosaurus, experts say. INCREDIBLE DINOSAUR DISCOVERY: HERD OF OPAL-ENCRUSTED DINOS UNCOVEREDThe discovery was announced Jan. 24 in the scientific journal PeerJ. THE DAY THE DINOSAURS DIED: ASTEROID IMPACT SITE REVEALS DEVASTATION FROM POWER OF 10 BILLION A-BOMBSLast year scientists also unveiled stunning research that sheds light on the 24 hours that followed the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Source: Fox News January 27, 2020 20:15 UTC