Der Spiegel, Germany’s leading newsmagazine, reported that a team of German and Mexican archaeologists have discovered in the Mexican state of Coahuila what is believed to be the largest dinosaur cemetery in the world.
The archaeologists from the University of Heidelberg, the State Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe and the Desert Museum in Saltillo, México, have found fossils of 14 animals on a small piece of land 50 by 200 meters. They uncovered the skeletons and bones of 15 more animals a few kilometers away. “I know no other place where so many dinosaurs have been found on such a small area,” said Wolfgang Stinnesbeck from the University of Heidelberg.
Eberhard Frey, a paleontologist with the University of Heidelberg, said that where the discovery was made is now a desert. However, approximately 70 million years ago it was a blossoming piece of land. Frey said, “There was a huge delta here and several rivers were flowing into the Gulf of México.”
He added, “Our findings are very promising, large-scale excavation here would be worthwhile.”
(from Rianovosti)
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