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June 27, 2021 12:27 IST
The species uncovered include duck-billed dinosaurs called hadrosaurs, horned dinosaurs such as ceratopsians, and carnivores like tyrannosaurus
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An illustration shows a pair of adult tyrannosaurs and their young living in the Arctic during the Cretaceous Period. Credit: James Havens
The species uncovered include duck-billed dinosaurs called hadrosaurs, horned dinosaurs such as ceratopsians, and carnivores like tyrannosaurus Dinosaur species large and small made the Arctic their year-round home and probably developed wintering strategies like hibernation or growing insulating feathers, according to a new study.
The paper, published Thursday in the journal
Current Biology, is the result of more than a decade s worth of painstaking fossil excavations, and puts to rest the notion that the ancient reptiles lived only in hotter climes.