New Dinosaur Species Found In China

A new species of armored dinosaurs were found in southwestern China in the past week.

" 'The ancient creature belongs to the thyreophoran group, the same as its distant cousin the Stegosaurus,' said study author Paul Barrett, merit researcher at the Natural History Museum in London," states CNN.

It was presumed that it lived around the early Jurassic period. Yuxisaurus kopchicki (Yuxisaurus means "Yuxi lizard"), its official name, probably 2 to 3 meters (6.6 to 9.8 feet) and was a herbivore.

Written by Chase Klimek and Siddharth Gulati

Credits: CNN

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