• 125 million-year-old dinosaur with never before seen hollow spikes discovered in China For more than two centuries, paleontologists have studied a group of plant eating dinosaurs known as Iguanodontia. • These dinosaurs were first identified in the early 1800s and are famous for their beaked mouths and strong hind legs. • Now, that long established branch of the dinosaur family tree has gained a surprising new member. • Researchers have identified a previously unknown species that carried a type of body covering never before documented in any dinosaur. • Scientists from the CNRS and collaborating institutions made the discovery in China, where they uncovered the fossilized remains of a remarkably well preserved young iguanodontian. • What makes this specimen extraordinary is not just its skeleton, but its preserved skin.
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