A team of archaeologists has made a fascinating discovery in the desert of northern Mexico, unearthing the remains of a 72-million-year-old dinosaur tail. This extraordinary find marks the first-ever discovery of its kind in Mexico and has captured the attention of researchers from the country’s National Institute for Anthropology and History.
The excavation, led by Francisco Aguilar, director of the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s Institute of Anthropology and History, identified the fossil as a hadrosaur, also known as a duck-billed dinosaur. The team, comprised of archaeologists and students from INAH and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, carefully documented the fossil as a significant breakthrough in paleontological research.
The “unusually well-preserved” dinosaur tail represents a remarkable find in Mexican paleontology. It provides valuable insights into the ancient past, shedding light on a world that existed 72 million years ago.
The tail, found near the small town of General Cepeda in the border state of Coahuila, likely made up a significant portion of the dinosaur’s length, Aguilar said.
Archaeologists found about 50 vertebrae of the tail completely intact after spending 20 days slowly lifting a sedimentary rock from the creature’s fossilized remains.
Several other fossilized bones, including one of the dinosaur’s hips, were also discovered in the area, including one of the dinosaur’s hips, according to INAH.
Precision: Archaeologists painstakingly excavated the tail
Th𝚎 d𝚎𝚊d 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚘f th𝚎 st𝚛a𝚝𝚘𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚛, th𝚎 h𝚊𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚛, is 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 l𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜.
Th𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢.
Fossil𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙷.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝The dead body of the Strosaur, the hadrosaur, experienced unexpected conditions that affected the fossilization process. This initial stage was found in paleontology, where a rich heritage was already related to the coastal basins.
Fossilized bones, including one of the dead bodies, were already related to the coastal basins, which were already related to the coastal basins.
The new discovery could further understand the hadrosaur family and aid research on dinosaur bones, which resembled dinosaurs previously found in the region.
For more information about this particular discovery, I recommend referring to recent scientific publications, news articles, or consulting with paleontologists specializing in dinosaur research.
The discovery 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.
An artist rendering provided by the National Geographic Society shows what a hadrosaur is believed to have looked like. Most dinosaurs, except hadrosaurs and ceratopsians, were in decline for the last 40 million years of the Cretaceous.
