Oslo, 28 March 2016, 10:22 – REGNUM paleobiology of the Norwegian University of Oslo established a number of species of dinosaurs lived on the earth, reported in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B:. Biological Sciences
the average number of species of dinosaurs of the Mesozoic era of Norwegian scientists considered equal to 1936. in addition to they recognize that the possible minimum value of this figure, equal to 1543 and the maximum, which is equal to 2468.
Counting proivodit on the basis of known data on the taxonomy and paleobiology ancient reptiles, including 974 genera and 1124 species actually Dinosauria , 306 genera and 360 species Ornithischia, 215 genera and 246 species Sauropodomorpha, 451 genus and 516 species Theropoda.
The results are recorded in the counting table, partitions the overall statistics of the finds of the remains of the Mesozoic geological stage. Scientists have tried to build their own statistical model. Until now, the exact number of species of dinosaurs known. Some experts in the field call to cut one-third of species as likely separate classification lizards same species, but of different ages.
The most radical version of the revision of the existing classification of dinosaurs may reduce to half the number of species of fossil dinosaurs.
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