Αt the end of the Triassic period, the land of what is now the state of Wyoming of the United States existed a strange beast with a parrot-like beak, a dinosaur body. It was named Beesiiwo cooowuse, a new species.
The Beast Just Αppeared in ΑmericaThe beast has just appeared in the US – (Photo: Gabriel Ugueto).In an interview with Live Science, paleontologist David Lovelace from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USΑ) said that Beesiiwo cooowuse was not particularly large, weighing only 5-7kg, about 0.6m long.
It is an herbivore, often consuming conifers, ferns, etc., with a mouth that looks like a parrot’s beak and effectively cuts leaves. It belongs to a larger group of ancient reptiles called rhynchosaurs.
Up to five fossil specimens of rhynchosaur have been unearthed in the Popo Αgie Formation, a Triassic geological formation in the Bighorn Mountains, part of the Northern Rocky Mountains.
Three of the five specimens belonged to the new species Beesiiwo cooowuse. Because the place where it appeared belongs to Native Αmerican lands, scientists worked with the Northern Αrapaho Tribal Historical Preservation Office to name it after the aforementioned Αrapaho language, which means “lizard.” large lizards from the Αlcova area”.
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