JOHANNESBURG, - Many years of war ravaged, Angola turned out to save the prehistoric impressions are important for science. For the first time, after a period of peace, the scientists found dinosaur fossils in southwest Africa.
The findings were published in a paper in the journal Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Science. These are the types of sauropod dinosaurs with long necks, plant-eating herbivores alias, and including the largest creature in the world of all time.
The fossil was found in a variety of state scientists who perform excavation expedition there. Only a leg bone found in the front. From its characteristics, fossil dinosaur species thought to have originated from an unknown or new species.
The scientists named it Angolatitan Adamastor. Angolatitan mean giant from Angola. Adamastor taken from the sea giant figure in the myth of Portuguese sailors. According to experts, including the largest dinosaur among other types.
Dr. Octavio Mateus of Unversidade Nova de Lisboa Portugal found Angolatitan Adamastor in 2005. Appointment and research since then begins. Dinosaur fossils found in locations in 90 million years ago an ocean. Nearby, fish fossils and shark teeth. "Maybe this dinosaur was dragged into the sea and torn apart by ancient sharks," the scientists estimated.
This finding is the result of the first paleontological expeditions since the 1960s. Angola is one of the country with a prolonged war. War broke out in the 1960s, followed by civil wars after gaining independence from Portugal in 1975. The war ended in 2002 after security forces managed to crush the rebel leader Jonas Savimbi.
"We are not afraid of mines, we are not afraid to state the conditions that are problematic in the past," Dr Mateus said. (Alex Pangestu / National Geographic Indonesia)
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