Ancient DNA Study Elucidates Lost World of Indian Ocean Giant Tortoises sci.news - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sci.news Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The sequencing of 1200-year-old tortoise genetic material has led to the discovery of a tortoise species from Madagascar that went extinct in the Middle Ages.
The venomous snakes reside in areas of the Andes that are difficult to reach, including the Choco Rainforest in Ecuador, the western lowland Amazon rainforest, the Pacific highlands and the eastern slopes of the Amazon.
It was previously identified as a Plateosaurus, but a new analysis by the University of Tübingen has revealed it is a previously unknown species, named Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum.
Previously unknown species of dinosaur identified in south-western Germany – Innovations Report innovations-report.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from innovations-report.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.