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Researchers unearth remains of 'very rare' dinosaur species in Brazil

by French Press Agency - AFP

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nov 19, 2021 - 12:53 pm GMT+3
Archeologists recover a fossil of a new species of dinosaur discovered in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Brazil in this handout picture released on Jan. 13, 2013. (National Musem of Rio de Janeiro via AFP)
Archeologists recover a fossil of a new species of dinosaur discovered in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Brazil in this handout picture released on Jan. 13, 2013. (National Musem of Rio de Janeiro via AFP)
by French Press Agency - AFP Nov 19, 2021 12:53 pm
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Researchers in Brazil may have found the ancestor of the Night Fury from the animated movie "How to Train Your Dragon." Almost.

Remains of a toothless, two-legged dinosaur species that lived some 70 million years ago have been discovered in Brazil, researchers said Thursday, calling it a "very rare" find.

The small dinosaur, which measured about 1 meter (3 feet) long and 80 centimeters (2.5 feet) tall, is a theropod, a group whose members were almost all believed to be carnivores.

But puzzlingly, the new species – dubbed Berthasaura leopoldinae – has a beak-like mouth with no teeth.

The fossil remains of a new species of dinosaur discovered in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Brazil, are seen in this handout picture released on Oct. 26, 2021. (National Musem of Rio de Janeiro via AFP)
The fossil remains of a new species of dinosaur discovered in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Brazil, are seen in this handout picture released on Oct. 26, 2021. (National Musem of Rio de Janeiro via AFP)

"That was a real surprise," the paleontologists who made the find said in a statement released by Brazil's National Museum.

They published their findings in the journal Nature, calling the discovery "one of the most complete dinosaurs found from the Cretaceous period in Brazil."

"The toothless part raises doubts about what kind of diet this animal had," said researcher Geovane Alves Souza, one of the study's authors.

"It doesn't necessarily mean it didn't eat meat, though. Lots of birds, such as falcons and buzzards, eat meat with beaks. Most likely, it was an omnivore living in an inhospitable environment where it had to eat whatever it could."

The fossilized skeleton was found along a rural road in the southern state of Parana between 2011 and 2014.

Archeologists recover the fossils of a new species of dinosaur discovered in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Brazil in this handout picture released on Jan. 25, 2021. (National Musem of Rio de Janeiro via AFP)
Archeologists recover the fossils of a new species of dinosaur discovered in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Brazil in this handout picture released on Jan. 25, 2021. (National Musem of Rio de Janeiro via AFP)

Analysis revealed it was an entirely new species that lived between 70 million and 80 million years ago.

The species was named for Bertha Lutz, a revered Brazilian scientist and feminist who died in 1976, and for Maria Leopoldina, Brazil's 19th-century empress, who was a patron of the sciences.

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