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New dinosaur species from Chile had a unique slashing tail
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The dinosaur fossil at first fooled researchers: They thought it was like a stegosaurus. But it was actually part of a different armored dinosaur family.
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By Katie Hunt, CNN A new species of armored dinosaur discovered in Chile had a weaponized tail not seen before in any other dinosaur. Roughly 2 meters (6.5 feet) in size, the small armored dinosaur called an ankylosaur dates from the late Cretaceous period, around 71.7 million to 74.
The dinosaur fossil at first fooled researchers: They thought it was like a stegosaurus. But it was actually part of a different armored dinosaur family.
"Books on prehistoric animals for kids need to update and put this weird tail in there....It just looks crazy," Chilean paleontologist Alex Vargas said.
The fossilized skeleton of new species of armored dinosaur dating from the late Cretaceous period, around 71.7 million to 74.9 million years ago, was found in Chile. It had a weaponized tail not seen before in any other dinosaur.
Chilean paleontologists on Wednesday presented their findings on a dinosaur discovered three years ago in Patagonia which they said had a highly unusual tail that has stumped researchers
