Article: U. Utah researchers discover new dinosaur

Lana Groves
University Wire
10-04-2007
(Daily Utah Chronicle) (U-WIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- With a body 30 feet long and a mouth full of more than 800 teeth, a new dinosaur discovered in Southern Utah might sound like a formidable killer.

Not so. This duck-billed dinosaur is not a carnivore, and might have shied away from red meat in favor of a plant-filled diet.

University of Utah researchers announced the discovery of a skull belonging to a new species of duck-billed dinosaurs called Gryposaurus Monumentensis on Wednesday. The almost-complete fossil of the dinosaur's skull has given scientists a better look into dinosaur life 75 million years ago.

"It's like the dinosaur is on steroids," said ...

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