A unique green dinosaur skeleton found in Utah may belong to a new species According to NatGeo

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Reconstructing its remains may have led to the discovery of a new species of dinosaur.

A team from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) was able to reassemble the unique green dinosaur fossil that was found in southeast Utah.

According to a National Geographic article, the 150 million year old dinosaur was initially seen in 2007 amidst a "logjam" of several dinosaur bones from different species, including camarasaurus, stegosaurus, diplodocus, and allosaurus.

According to NatGeo, the bones gathered for reconstruction do not come from a single dinosaur.
Rather, they are an amalgam of components from two or more extinct reptiles belonging to the same species that were discovered at the location.
 
Since this species may be new to science, its identity is unknown, but scientists think that because of its distinctive long neck and "four sturdy legs," it is a member of the genus Diplodocus.

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Members of the excavation team have christened the dinosaur "Gnatalie" in the interim because, according to NatGeo, there was an abundance of gnats during that first summer at the dig site.

The bones were sent from the excavated fossil site to Research Casting International (RCI), a Canadian company that is one of the biggest suppliers of technical services to museums worldwide, for casting and mounting.After that, Gnatalie traveled to its new exhibit in Los Angeles.

According to NatGeo, the most intact skeleton of its kind on the West Coast is that of a sauropod, a big herbivorous dinosaur distinguished by its long neck and tail.
The dinosaur is approximately twice as long as a typical city bus, measuring 75 feet in length, and it weighs roughly five tons.

It's also the world's first green dinosaur skeleton on exhibit.According to NatGeo, the bones' peculiar green hue resulted from volcanic activity that heated the area to a temperature high enough for a newly formed green mineral to exist, between 80 and 50 million years ago.

The multimillion-dollar renovation will be the main feature of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's new wing when it opens in November.


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