Fossil bones have revealed new Jurassic-era dinosaur species named Oblitosaurus bunnueli.
The newly discovered species was most likely the early ancestor of the giant Ankylopollexia dinosaurs. These were herbivorous ornithopod dinosaurs with two legs.
The diverse Ankylopollexia roamed across parts of North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia between the Late Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous . The fossil remains show that an adult of this species was approximately 6-7 m long, making it one of Europe's largest ornithopods in the Upper Jurassic period.According to the study, the latest findings might help answer the question of which dinosaur species produced enormous footprint traces in the same South Iberian basin.
Researchers previously discovered giant dinosaur tracks measuring up to 30 cm long. However, it was difficult to determine which species left such huge tracks. Moreover, many other Upper Jurassic places in Spain and Portugal have also revealed the presence of footprints measuring 25 to 33 cm.footprints are noted to be between 29 and 31 cm in length, implying that the traces were made by this new species.
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