Here is news from Argentina. Scientists find some fossils. The bones are very old. They are the bones of dinosaurs. The bones are around 90 million years old.
Scientists in Argentina discovered bones of one of the world’s largest dinosaurs. The fossils belonged to a sauropod and they are around 90 million years old.
The bones are important to the scientists. The bones are very big. There are a lot of them, too. Experts find some teeth, as well. The teeth can tell them what this animal ate.
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scientist – clever person who is an expert in something
fossil – old bone that turned into rock
expert- person who knows a lot of about something
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The bones are important because of their size. There are a lot of them, too. Experts also found a lot of teeth from carnivorous animals. The experts will be able to learn what these animals ate. Much about their old ecosystem can be learned, as well.
The palaeontologists began to excavate last year. A ranch employee noticed the fossils first.
Difficult words
carnivorous – animals that eat other animals
ecosystem – environment
palaeontologist – somebody who studies fossils
excavate – dig
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