Issi Saaneq

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• Recently, a new genus of dinosaur has been identified from two fossilized skulls found in Jameson Land, a peninsula in eastern Greenland.

Findings

• This is the first evidence of a distinct Greenlandic dinosaur species. 
• The two skulls come from a juvenile and an almost adult individual. 
• Researchers have performed a micro-CT scan of the bones, which enabled them to create digital 3D models. 
• They have determined that the finds belong to a new species, which they have named Issi saaneq. 

About Issi Saaneq

• The two-legged Issi saaneq lived in what is now Greenland approximately 214 million years ago (Late Triassic epoch).
• It was a medium-sized and long necked herbivore.
• It was a predecessor of the sauropods, the largest land animals ever to live.
• The name of the new dinosaur pays tribute to Greenland’s Inuit language and means “coldbone”.

Source: IE