The findings were published in Nature Communications by researchers from Stony Brook University, the Royal Ontario Museum and the North Dakota Geological Survey.
Collectors see dinosaur fossils as another form of ‘art’. This fossil market encourages commercial fossil hunters to launch expensive excavations that museums cannot afford.
Nagatitan Chaiyaphumensis is likely to have weighed nearly 27,000 kg and measured 27 m in length. The study published in Scientific Reports on 14 May, categorises it as a Sauropod.
Researchers discovered the remains of a turtle that was 3.7 meters long, weighed under 2 tons & lived during the Cretaceous Period — the last chapter of the dinosaur era.
Named ‘Nadir’ after nearby volcano Nadir Seamount, the crater is as old as the Chicxulub impact, caused by a huge asteroid at the end of the Cretaceous period.
The mood in the Opposition camp is upbeat because of the three trends moving clearly in its favour. And a flailing BJP has so far been unable to do much about it.
A possible easing of Gulf tensions could bring down crude prices and benefit India, but tougher US action against Russian oil companies and banks could make purchases more difficult for Indian refiners.
Netanyahu has won only because he hasn’t been defeated. He’s also changed Israel fundamentally. Any ruling alliance now will have to be a coalition to the exclusion of Israel’s Arab citizens.
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