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Fossils: Chicken-sized dinosaur with shoulder ‘needles’ may have been illegally exported from Brazil

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Controversy has surrounded the fossil of a chicken-sized dinosaur with unique shoulder ‘needles’ — after claims it may have been exported from Brazil illegally. Dating back some 110 million years, the unusual specimen was recently named Ubirajara jubatus — or ‘Maned Lord of the Spear’ — after its distinguishing spines. Experts have proposed that the … Read more

Palaeontology: chicken-sized dinosaur with long ‘needles’ sticking out of it is discovered in Brazil

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A peculiar, chicken-sized dinosaur which sported long ‘needles’ sticking out of its shoulders has been discovered. Experts led from Portsmouth found the new species — originally unearthed in 1995 in the Chapada do Araripe in north-eastern Brazil — among the collections of the State Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe, Germany. Dubbed Ubirajara jubatus — indigenous Indian for ‘Maned … Read more