Researchers Discover New Species of Dinosaur in Tanzania

Author:
National Science Foundation
Publisher:
National Science Foundation
Publication Date:
1 September 2017
Tags:
Tanzania

NSF-funded paleontologists at Ohio University have discovered a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania. It was discovered embedded in a cliff wall in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Southwestern Tanzania. Only four have been unearthed in African, making this a rare find.

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