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New feathered raptor lived just before the asteroid strike
The dinosaur has been named Dineobellator notohesperus, which means ‘Navajo warrior from the Southwest’.
By James Lloyd
05th April, 2020 at 08:00
A newly discovered raptor shows that these dinosaurs stalked America’s Southwest right up to the bitter end.
The raptor was discovered from a 67-million-year-old fossil, dating it to within a million years of the cataclysmic event that killed off all non-flying dinosaurs.
The dinosaur has been named Dineobellator notohesperus, which means ‘Navajo warrior from the Southwest’, in honour of the people who live in the region where this dinosaur once roamed.
It belongs to a family of dinosaurs known as the dromaeosaurids, the most famous of which is Velociraptor – that’s why these dinosaurs are commonly known as ‘raptors’.
More:
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/new-feathered-raptor-lived-just-before-the-asteroid-strike/