Daily Archives: 27 Junio, 2021

Author: Julián Monge Nájera, Ecologist and Photographer 75 million years ago, huge herds of Maiasaura dinosaurs crossed the plains of Montana in the company of ankylosaurs, brachiceratops, gorgosaurs and … tiny snails. Reconstruction of Maiasaura nest and young; Maiasaura (the “good mother dinosaur”) is thought to be the dinosaur that produced the dung in which many snails were preserved. Fuente: Keratops Yuta. 75 million years ago, herds of thousands of herbivorous dinosaurs (Maiasaura peeblesorum) crossed the plains of Montana in the United States. The only similar scene that we can see today is the large herds of wildebeest (Connochaetes spp.) that cross parts of Africa. Just as […]