It took 65 million years to make! Missouri’s Skeleton: This is a young juvenile duck-billed dinosaur.

  • Missouri’s new dinosaur skeleton was found at an unidentified site 
  • Guy Darrough, paleontologist found a juvenile Parrosaurus Missouriensis.
  • An adult  Parrosaurus Missouriensis was discovered by other experts near the fossils of the juvenile
  • The exact location of the facility is kept secret to ensure its security.
  • Darrough believes the length of the duckbilled dinosaur measured between 25- 30 feet
  • Parrosaurus Missouriensis Missouri’s official dinosaur was found with bones in 1940.  










Scientists have announced that they found a dinosaur skeleton in Missouri. The location was not disclosed.

Guy Darrough from Show Me State was the first to discover the juvenile skull of Parrosaurus Missouriensis. 

According to KTVI in St. Louis, the location of the property is kept secret till it can be secured. 

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Darrough stated that he believed the length of the duckbilled dinosaur was between 25-30 feet during an interview.

A new dinosaur skeleton has been found in Missouri at an undisclosed location. The location is being kept secret until it can be secured

Missouri’s new dinosaur skeleton was discovered at an unidentified site. The exact location of the discovery is still being secret.

Missouri’s state website states that this dinosaur was only found once before in Missouri.

“I don’t know of anything better than this. The discovery of a new species genus. Darrough spoke of the world-famous discovery.

Darrough discovered the dinosaur skeleton and had it taken to Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center, later called Chicago’s Field Museum.

Darrough stated, “I finally talked to Pete Makovicky curator of dinosaurs in the Field Museum.” “He looked at me and said that you had dinosaurs.”

Makovicky and others dug Missouri for the purpose of finding an adult Parrosaurus Missouriensis, previously known as Hypsibema Missouriensis.

Makovicky, a University of Minnesota professor, said to KTVI that “This is actually a remarkable spot in one of the finest dinosaur locals East of the Great Plains,”

A juvenile Parrosaurus Missouriensis was found by paleontologist Guy Darrough (pictured)

Guy Darrough, paleontologist (photo) discovered a juvenile Parrosaurus Missouriensis.

Darrough estimates the duckbilled dinosaur was between 25 and 30 feet long

Darrough believes the length of the duckbilled dinosaur measured between 25- 30 feet

Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center has confirmed the news and added that Missouri was a dinosaur nation.  

Newsweek received a statement from the Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center, stating that they are thrilled to share the news.

Abigail Kern of the Learning Center’s office said that the adult specimen was being taken to Chicago’s Field Museum. However, the child skeleton will remain at the Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center’s laboratory.

The plaster jacket currently houses the fossil. We will be having paleontologists, preparers, and others actively working in the laboratory on the fossil, starting on December 11th. It can also be viewed at our museum. 

According to the Missouri's secretary of state website , a set of bones was discovered in the 1940s that belonged to Parrosaurus missouriensis. All but but one of the bones were sold by Lula Chronister to the Smithsonian Institute for $50, though the twelfth bone has since been reunited with the others

Missouri’s secretary-of-state website says that a collection of bone fragments was found in 1940 and belonged to Parrosaurus Missouriensis. Lula Chronister sold all but one bone to Smithsonian Institute at $50. However, the twelveth bone was re-united with the rest.

Missouri’s Secretary of State Website says that in the 1940s, Parrosaurus Missouriensis found a set bones. 

Lula Chronister purchased all of the bones for $50 to the Smithsonian Institute. The twelfth was however reconstructed with the other bones.

KILLING DINOSAURS: WHY A CITY-SIZED ASTEROID WAS ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE 75 PERCENT FROM ALL ANIMAL and PLANT SPECIES

Nearly 66,000,000 years ago, non-avian dinosaurs were extincted and nearly half of all species disappeared.

Mass extinction was the catalyst for mammals’ rise and human appearance.

The Chicxulub asteroid is often cited as a potential cause of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.

It crashed into what was now the Gulf of Mexico.

It created a massive dust cloud and soot cloud, which triggered climate change. This resulted in the extinction of 75% all species.

According to researchers, the only way that soot could have caused such a catastrophe was through direct impacts on Mexico’s shallow-water rocks rich in hydrocarbons.

Experts think that within 10 hours after the shock, the Gulf coast was hit by a huge tsunami.

Around 66 million years ago non-avian dinosaurs were wiped out and more than half the world's species were obliterated. The Chicxulub asteroid is often cited as a potential cause of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event (stock image)

Non-avian dinosaurs died out around 66 million years ago, and nearly half of the species on Earth were extinct. A potential reason for the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction is often mentioned by Chicxulub (stock photo).

These events caused earthquakes, landslides and destruction in regions as far away as Argentina. 

Researchers found tiny pieces of rock, and other debris during the investigation.

These tiny particles are called spherules and covered the entire planet in a thick layer soot.

Experts believe that the loss of sunlight caused the complete collapse of the aquatic system.

It is because almost all aqua food chains had to be free of phytoplankton.

According to some estimates, the 180 million-years of evolution that led to Cretaceous points in the history of the earth were destroyed in 20 to 30 years.

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