Discovery of a new dinosaur resembling a carnivorous duck

A semi-aquatic duck.

This is what the new species of dinosaur discovered in 2008 would look like. It took a few years to draw conclusions on this fossil found in the Gobi desert, in Mongolia, reports

in an article relayed by the magazine

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But the "Natovenator polydontus" would be a kind of carnivorous duck.

The fossil had allowed scientists to dispose of a virtually complete skeleton.

The dinosaur apparently lived in the Upper Cretaceous era, between 100 and 66 million years before our era.

It would present an unprecedented slender shape.

A good swimmer and a good diver

Specialists point out that the shape of the dinosaur would be similar to that of the duck.

It would thus be a good swimmer and a good diver, thanks to its tapered shape.

Finally, it would be a carnivore, several teeth having been discovered on the skeleton.

The analyzes would attest to a genetic proximity with another species discovered more recently, in 2017: the Halzkaraptor which would also be able to live in water.

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