New species of dinosaur found in eastern Utah rock

Fossils of a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur have been found in slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard that explosives had to be used to free some of the remains, scientists said Tuesday 23, 2010. The bones found at Dinosaur National Monument belonged to a type of sauropod — long-necked plant-eaters that were said to be the largest animal ever to roam land. The new species is called Abydosaurus mcintoshi. Researchers say it's part of the larger brachiosaurus family, hulking four-legged vegetarians that include sauropods.

The fossils offer fresh insight into lives of dinosaurs some 105 million years ago, including the evolution of sauropod teeth.Of the 120 or so known species of sauropods, complete skulls have been found for just eight. That's mostly because their skulls were made of thin, fragile bones bound by soft tissue that were easily destroyed after death. The findings are being published this week in the peer-reviewed science journal Naturwissenschaften.

Now who doesn't love the sound of this? It enlightens me that we are still discovering different species. To know that the world was once a land of dinosaurs, that roamed free instead of city lights, polluted air, and the human populations blows my mind. I guess you never know what you can find if you dig a little.
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