Baby raptor discovered in Alaska must have been a permanent resident of the ancient Arctic
Paleontologists may have identified a new species of dinosaur that lived, mated and nested in the Arctic 70 million years ago.Analysis of the tip of a fossilized jawbone, just 14 millimeters long, found in northern Alaska, showed that the creature was a type of dromaeosaurid, a group of predatory dinosaurs closely related to birds, whose members include the Velociraptor, the dinosaurs that terrorized in "Jurassic Park." The jawbone would have been from a young dinosaur chick, and the early developmental stage of the bone suggests it was born nearby.Many paleontologists believe the Arctic was a migration path for many types of dinosaur when they crossed between Asia and North America, but so far there's been little evidence found to su
(CNN)Paleontologists may have identified a new species of dinosaur that lived, mated and nested in the Arctic 70 million years ago.
