"The skeleton is mostly complete, and well-preserved with a beautiful skull," Zanno said. The individual found appears to be a juvenile. Researchers uncovered the specimen-including the skull, vertebrae and limbs-in Utah's Cedar Mountain geological formation, which contains sediments from the middle of the Cretaceous. The latest discovery sheds new light on this tumultuous era, one in which global dinosaur populations experienced massive shifts as a result of the climatic changes. The period in which Iani smithi lived was marked by significant warming in Earth's climate. A specimen of this species was uncovered in Utah.
An artist's illustration of the newly discovered dinosaur species, Iani Smithi.
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