Q. Recently, researchers have unearthed two well-preserved dinosaur skulls of Issi saaneq Species from which of the following place?

[A] Greenland

[B] Iceland

[C] Nigeria

[D] Gujarat’s Kutch

Answer: A
Notes:

About Issi saaneq Species of Dinosaurs:

  • Researchers have unearthed two well-preserved dinosaur skulls during an excavation in East Greenland.
  • They have named the species as Issi saaneq.
  • It lived about 214 million years ago in what is now Greenland.
  • It was a medium-sized, long-necked herbivore and a predecessor of the sauropods.
  • The name means means “coldbone” in Greenland’s Inuit language.
  • This is the first evidence of a distinct Greenlandic dinosaur species.

Source: EPIC December 2021

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