Dinosaur tail found in desert in northern Mexico

Posted on July 25, 2013 by sagarmedia

A team of paleontologists has discovered the fossilized remains of a dinosaur tail in a desert in northern Mexico.

The team said five -meter long tail has fifty connected vertebrae and is completely intact.

Fossilized bones believed to be the dinosaur’s hips were also found near the tail.The fossilized tail is the first ever found in Mexico.

The researchers say further study will be needed to determine what type of dinosaur it is. But they say it could very well be the giant plant-eating hadrosaur, which lived in the latter Cretaceous period, about 74 million to 80 million years ago.

A researcher says it is rare that such a well-preserved dinosaur fossil is found.Media agencies