The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles has unveiled a 70-foot-long sauropod skeleton, a composite of multiple specimens from a new Diplodocus-like species.
The skeleton has been named "Gnatalie" through a public poll conducted by the museum.
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Sauropod skeleton named Gnatalie
(Photo: Stephanie Abramowicz/Natural History Museum)
The name "Gnatalie" references the swarms of gnats encountered during the dinosaur's excavation from a 150-million-year-old riverbed in Utah.
The green-colored bones of the skeleton are due to celadonite deposits during the fossilization process.
The bones were excavated 17 years ago and recently transported to Canada.
The museum asked the public to vote on a name, with five options selected by the staff.
The colossal skeleton will be the centerpiece of the NHM Commons, a welcome center under construction at the Natural History Museum.
This article was written in collaboration with Generative AI news company Alchemiq
Sources: latimes, lapost, nbclosangeles, mynewsla.