New dinosaur fossil discovered in Egyptian desert
A team of researchers has discovered fossils likely belonging to the Abelisauridae family that lived in the Western Desert of Egypt 98 million years ago.
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CAIRO — An Egyptian team of paleontologists has discovered fossils of a dinosaur that lived 98 million years ago in the Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt.
Egypt’s Mansoura University announced June 8 that a team from its Vertebrate Paleontology Center made the discovery in the Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. The discovery was featured in England’s Royal Society Publishing.