Oldest Vegetarian Dinosaur roamed in Britain

In a breakthrough finding, scientists in the United Kingdom have identified the country\'s oldest sauropod (plant-eaters) dinosaur. The finding was confirmed from a fossil bone discovered on the Yorkshire coast, according to reports. According to scientists, the new sauropod dino

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Published 2 June 2015, 8:00 · Updated 22:16

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Oldest Vegetarian Dinosaur roamed in Britain

According to scientists, the new sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period at about 176-million-years-old was found near Whitby.

The find represents the earliest skeletal record of this type of dinosaur from Britain. Interestingly, scientists for long have worked on the dinosaur tracks from the Middle Jurassic rocks of Yorkshire.

\"It was a splendid surprise to come face-to-face with a fossil vertebra from the Jurassic rocks of Yorkshire that was clearly from a sauropod dinosaur,\" said professor Phil Manning from the University of Manchester.
Often referred to as brontosaurs, Sauropods include some of the largest plant-eating dinosaurs to have roamed the Earth. They were a successful group for nearly 150 million years and possessed distintive long necks, tails, small heads and large bodies.

Oldest Vegetarian Dinosaur roamed in Britain

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