Salt Lake City is the proud owner of a new species that was found in the Utah sandstone. Bones of a dinosaur named Abydosaurus mcintoshi were turned up on the property of the Dinosaur National Monument. This animal was a sauropod that was a long neck plant eater. They were known as the largest land animal ever.
The bones of the skull are extremely hard to find as they were made up of tiny bones that disintegrated easily. Luckily, two complete skulls were found. The discovery is going to help scientists fill in some missing pieces about the evolution of dinosaurs and their eating habits. The bones can be seen at BYU’s Museum of Paleontology.