2 new species of dinosaurs found in China, scientists say

Scientists have discovered two new species of dinosaurs in a region where dinosaur fossils had never been unearthed.

Scientists have discovered two new species of dinosaurs in a region where dinosaur fossils had never been unearthed. Fossils from three different dinosaurs dating to the Early Cretaceous period, about 130 to 120 million years ago, recently were been uncovered in the Turpan-Hami Basin in northwest China, according to a study published Thursday in Nature Scientific Reports. Dinosaur fossils had never been reported there before, scientists said. The first specimen, Silutitan sinensis, is a new species of sauropod, an herbivore characterized by having a very long neck, long tail, large body and small head, according to study. The dinosaur was found to have some characteristics in its neck vertebrae that indicate it belonged to a family of sauropods called Euhelopodidae, which have so far only been found in East Asia. Scientists believe the sauropod to have measured at more than 65 feet long.