Fig. 1: Some adult Europasaurus animals watch over the newly hatched Europasaurus chicks, which leave the nest to follow the herd. (C: Davide Bonadonn)
Fig. Some adult Europasaurus animals watch over the newly hatched Europasaurus chicks, which leave the nest to follow the herd. (C: Davide Bonadonn) - A long-necked dinosaur from northern Germany was a so-called nest fledger Europasaurus was a long-necked, herbivorous dinosaur on four legs. The dinosaur lived in the late Jurassic period about 154 million years ago on a small island in what is now northern Germany. Researchers from the Universities of Vienna and Greifswald have now examined fossil skull remains of Europasaurus using computer tomography. An analysis of the dinosaur's inner ear gave the scientists new insights, not only into the hearing ability of the dinosaur species, but also into how Europasaurus lived and grew up. The study was published in the journal eLife.
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