Scientists find fossils of rare dinosaur in Tanzania
An artist's rendering hand out on September 4, 2014 by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History shows a Dreadnoughtus schrani in life. Scientists have found fossils of rare dinosaur in Tanzania. PHOTO | MARK A. KLINGER | AFP
The fossils of a dinosaur previously thought to have only lived in South America have been discovered in Tanzania, throwing into question scientific theories about the reptiles’ habitat.
Scientists who dug the fossil named it Shingopana Songwensis, derived from the Kiswahili term shingo pana (wide neck), and the region where it was discovered, the Songwe region of the Great Rift Valley.
