A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert. Darla Zelenitsky, an associate professor in the school’s faculty of science, says the remains of the therizinosaur were found in the Gobi desert in 2012 during the construction of a water […]
A University of Calgary paleontologist, Darla Zelenitsky, contributed to the discovery of a new dinosaur species, Duonychus, in Mongolia. This dinosaur evolved to have two 30-centimetre claws, adapted from three claws used for vegetation gathering. Reporting on such finds can take years or decades.
