Two dinosaur fossils discovered
Two new dinosaur fossils were uncovered in Africa by a Chicago team of archaeologists, said the Chicago Tribune.
The dinosaurs lived some 110 million years ago, said archaeologists. News Times One was named Kryptops palaios, meaning "old hidden face," for a thick skin covering his face, said a journal by University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno and Stephen Brusatte. The other was named Eucarcharia dinops, or "firece-eyed dawn shark," because of its sharp teeth and bony brow.
Also according to the journal, the dinosaurs were about 25 feet in length and stood about 7 feet high. Chicago Tribune
Paleontologists say that this discovery is important to understanding the world 100 million years ago. Peter Makovicky, curator of dinosaurs at the Field Museum, said the discoveries are "an important slice in geological time, and we don't yet fully comprehend how dinosaurs on the southern continents were evolving then." News Times