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Yamatosaurus izanagii: New species of duck-billed dinosaur
An international team of Palaeontologists (who studies fossils) has identified a new genus and species of hadrosaur. Hadrosaur is also called duck-billed dinosaur. The species has been named as Yamatosaurus izanagii. About the discovery The new fossil discovery has provided information about the hadrosaur migration. According to the discovery, they migrated from Asia to North ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Dinosaur • Fossils • hadrosaurs • New Species • Paleontology • Yamatosaurus izanagii
What is Potamophylax coronavirus?
Kosovar Biologist Halil Ibrahimi has named a newly discovered insect after COVID-19 virus. About the insect Ibrahimi spent years working on a different type of Caddisfly species. The species was found in Accursed Mountains (Kosovo’s Western Bjeshket e Nemuna National Park). It has now been named as “Potamophylax coronavirus”. The species is endemic to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Adriatic Sea • hydropower plant • mediterranean sea • national park • New Species • UNESCOS World Heritage List. • United Nations
Dracopristis hoffmanorum: Godzilla shark discovered in New Mexico
In 2013, Jonh Paul Hodnett, a graduate student unearthed fossil of a shark at Albuquerque, New Mexico. It turns out that, it is a fossil of a new shark species so far not known to man. After seven years of excavation, it has been named as Dragon shark. It is also called Hoffman’s Dragon shark ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: carboniferous period • Fossils • Mexico • New Species • Shark
Three-branded Rosefinch: New bird species in India
A team of scientists from the Bombay Natural History Society recorded a new species of bird. It has been identified as the three banded Rosefinch. The new bird species was identified while exploring the high-altitude coniferous forests of Arunachal Pradesh. Three branded Rosefinch The three branded Rosefinch is a resident of southern China and a ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Arunachal Pradesh • Bhutan • bird species • bombay natural history society • China • CMS COP 13 • Conservation of Migratory Species • migratory birds • New Species • Rosefinch
Portulaca laljii: New Species of Wild Sun Rose
The scientists have discovered a new species called Portulaca laljii. It is a wild Sun Rose found in the Eastern Ghats. About Portulaca laljii The Portulaca lajii was discovered in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. The unique features of Portulaca lajii are as follows: Tuberous Roots. A tuberous root is a storage root. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Botanical Survey of India • Eastern Ghats • IUCN • IUCN Red list of Threatened Species • New Species • portualca lajii • sun rose