New Mexico scientists announce discovery of ‘beefy’ new bird-like dinosaur in San Juan County

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: August 5, 2026

Words: 463

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science announced Tuesday that two of its paleontologists had identified a new bird-like dinosaur species after first discovering an unusual skull fossil in San Juan County in the summer of 2005.

The shard of skull bone that research associate and paleontologist Robert Sullivan discovered south of Kirtland was initially believed to belong to a dromaeosaur, which is closely related to a velociraptor.

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