A new study has been published by researchers from Florida State University which challenges the idea that ancient dinosaurs are cold-blooded beings who need tropical temperatures to survive. Paleontology of Florida State University and the University of Alaska Fairbanks published a new study found that almost all kinds of dinosaurs, ranging from small creatures and such birds to Tyrannosaurus large, not only reproduced in the Arctic but stayed there throughout the year.
Pat Druckenmiller researchers, the lead author of the paper and director of the North Alaska University Museum, said that the researchers had clear evidence of dinosaurs nesting in the North Pole. This study marks the first time anyone shows that dinosaurs can reproduce such high latitude. The findings in the new study counter pass through hypotheses that dinosaurs migrate to lower latitude during the winter.
The researchers said these findings provide some strong evidence that pre-blooded prehistoric creatures. Druckenmiller and other researchers have conducted field work in the formation of Prince Creek in North Alaska for more than a decade. In that formation, they have explored the diversity of dinosaur species that note that most of them are new in science. Their latest discoveries provide evidence that dinosaurs live close to ancient Arctic Ocean at the early stages of their lives.
The researcher found a tiny teeth, a length of less than two millimeters, and the bones of seven perinatal dinosaur species. Perinatal term describes embryonic dinosaur babies or just hatch. Gregory Erickson’s writer’s study study said that one of the biggest mysteries about Arctic dinosaurs was whether they migrated to the north or stayed there throughout the year. Erickson said the team unexpectedly found perinatal remnants representing almost every type of dinosaurs in the formation, called it a type of prehistoric maternity ward.
Scientists will then seek to identify and compare fossils for similar specimens of creatures that live in lower latitude such as Alberta and in Montana. The team said past research showed the incubation period for dinosaur types found from three and six months depending on the species. Arctic summer is short, so if the dinosaurs put their eggs as soon as heating in spring, the offspring will be too young to migrate in the fall. Who suggested they live in the area throughout the year.