Sophie Mallinson WUNC

Jul 17, 2024 | journalpatriot.com | Sophie Mallinson |Sophie Mallinson WUNC

North Carolina paleontologists have discovered a new, nearly 100-million-year-old dinosaur in Utah that may shine light on one of the most poorly understood categories of dinosaurs. Haviv Avrahami of North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences named the new dinosaur Fona herzogae. Avrahami said that these small, plant-eating dinosaurs lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, back when Utah looked more like the Florida Everglades.