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10 Aug-2023 09:53 AM

Written By: Suryaveer Singh Tanwar

Jaisalmer: Scientists have unearthed fossilized parts of the world’s oldest herbivorous dinosaur “Tharosaurus” in Jaisalmer. Scientists of the Geological Survey of India have discovered these fossils in the hills of Jethwai village. It is claimed that the fossil found in Jaisalmer is older than the fossil found in China.

Earlier, dinosaur claw marks were also discovered in the hills of Thaiyat village in Jaisalmer around 2014. The latest discovery has drawn the attention of scientists.

The GSI started the program in the year 2018 for the discovery of fossils. During research in the hills of Jethwai village, the fossils of Tharosaurus were found by GSI officers Debasish Bhattacharya, Krishna Kumar, Pragya Pandey and Triparna Ghosh. The dinosaur fossil found in the Thar Desert has been named ‘Tharosaurus Indicus’ – The dinosaur of Thar of India.

The scientists claimed that the world’s oldest vegetarian dinosaur used to live here 167 million years ago. GSI scientists found fossils of the spine, neck, trunk, tail and ribs.

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