The Guardian reported on December 2 that paleontologists have discovered the remains of a khungone in Villaggio del Pescatore - an old limestone quarry near the port city of Trieste. The fossils belong to the Tethyshadros insularis species, which lived 80 million years ago and were up to 5m long.
According to the head of the research team - Professor Federico Fanti from the University of Bologna, Italy is not a rich place for mineral fossils, but now they have a treasure trove of fossil.
In 1996, a bonus rock was also found in Villaggio del Pescatore. Archaeologists named it Antonio and believed it was a snow Dinosaur. But new discoveries suggest that Antonio was a child in the above Dinosaur herd. The whole troupe died together. The largest fossil is named Bruno.
"Bruno is the largest and oldest child in the group, and the most complete khungone skeleton ever found in Italy. We knew there were Dinosaurs at this location after Antonio was discovered, but until now no one has seriously checked how many were there. And now we have discovered many skeletons belonging to the same flock," Fanti said.
During the Dinosaur period, this area was very close to the coast, in a tropical, warm, moist environment with abundant feed for the Dinosaur.
