A ‘lost world of Dinosaurs’ has been discovered in Alaska

Fossils from a unique plant-eating dinosaur found in the high Arctic of Alaska may change how scientists view dinosaur physiology, say US researchers.

A ‘lost world of Dinosaurs’ has been discovered in Alaska

Fossils from a unique plant-eating dinosaur found in the high Arctic of Alaska may change how scientists view dinosaur physiology, say US researchers.

A paper published on Tuesday concluded that fossilised bones found along Alaska’s Colville River were from a distinct species of hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur not connected to hadrosaurs previously identified in Canada and the Lower 48 states.

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