A farmer and construction workers in China have discovered the remains of a new species of bird-like dinosaur that appears to have died after getting stuck in the mud. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The remains of Tongtianlong limosus, discovered by a farmer and construction workers in China. Photograph: Junchang LuBut the newly discovered dinosaur appears to have suffered an untimely demise. Photograph: Junchang LuThought to have lived between 72 million and 66 million years ago, the newly discovered dinosaur sheds light on the ecosystem just before the fateful asteroid struck. “What it is looking like is that these things were probably pretty common parts of the dinosaur ecosystem,” he said.

Source: The Guardian November 10, 2016 13:52 UTC