New dinosaur species found in Utah helps researchers piece together Earth's history

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The bones of a previously unknown plant-eating dinosaur found in central Utah nearly a decade ago may provide new clues about how the Earth's climate changed millions of years ago.

GREEN RIVER, Emery County — The bones of a previously unknown plant-eating dinosaur found in central Utah nearly a decade ago may provide new clues about how the Earth's climate changed millions of years ago, paleontologists say.

But it also lived through an interesting time in Earth's history, as the species' name hints. She explained that carbon dioxide began to build up in the Earth's atmosphere, causing the planet to warm and sea levels to rise. Many giant dinosaurs started to disappear, from giant plant-eating species to their predators.

 

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