The collarbone of a dinosaur, 110 million years old, found in Africa, was revealed yesterday at a conference in Boston; Dr. Sarno, dinosaur hunter: science is at the threshold of a new discovery
A 110 million year old fossil was revealed yesterday at a conference in Boston, causing great excitement among the world of science. Inside the fossil was found a dinosaur clavicle, which is the most primitive clavicle known to mankind. The bone is part of an 11-meter-tall skeleton of a predatory animal known as a spinosaurus, whose fossils and rocks from its era were discovered in Nigeria.
The findings were presented by Dr. Paul Serano from the University of Chicago, one of the greatest dinosaur hunters in the world, during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston.
Dr. Sarno excitedly announced to the surprised attendees that science is at the threshold of a new discovery, which will indicate a new period of research in the study of dinosaurs, and of humanity in general. Dr. Sarno also revealed a new find in his possession: the skull of a small crocodile from the same period, which together with the other fossil can provide critical information about the surface of the land at that time.
He added and promised that very soon more findings will be discovered in Africa, which will be used by scientists in the study of the development of dinosaurs at that time, as reported by the BBC.
One of the meanings of this discovery is that an answer may be found to a question that has occupied many scientists since time immemorial: did winged animals evolve from dinosaurs or not? Either way, the 110-million-year-old bone is not the oldest in science: a 150-million-year-old bone of an animal of more ancient origin is the world's oldest evidence.
