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First dinosaur fossil in Washington State found

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Washington: Paleontologists have unearthed the first dinosaur fossil from Washington State which is approximately 80 million years old.

The fossil from the Late Cretaceous period was discovered while collecting ammonite fossils (a nautilus-like creature) from a marine rock unit along the shores of Sucia Island State Park in the San Juan Islands.

The fossil is the partial left femur of a theropod dinosaur, the group of two-legged, carnivorous dinosaurs that includes Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus rex and modern birds. It is 16.7 inches long and 8.7 inches wide but would have been over three-feet-long when complete.

“This specimen, though fragmentary, gets Washington into the dinosaur club. It preserves enough anatomy that we were able compare it to other dinosaurs and be confident of its identification,” said Christian Sidor from the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington.

Although incomplete, the authors believe it is a theropod dinosaur femur due to the hollow middle cavity of the bone where marrow was present – unique to theropods during this time period.

Sidor and colleague Brandon Peecook compared the fossil to other specimens and were able to calculate and estimate that the complete femur would have been over a meter in length (1.17m) – slightly smaller than T. rex.

The paper appeared in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

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Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside

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May 5, 2022

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If you want to buy an iPhone and were waiting for a nice offer, then we have a piece of good news for you! Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 has begun and they are offering major discounts on various smartphones, laptops, and smart TVs, among others.

The sale is live now on the e-commerce platform with no-cost EMI options and exchange discounts on various products. In addition to this, Amazon has also partnered with several banks including ICICI, Kotak Bank, and RBL so that customers get instant discounts of up to 10% using their cards and EMI transactions.

Customers can easily enjoy this summer sale and get massive discounts on iPhones. They can also compare prices on Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale 2022 before making a purchase.

 

Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13 

Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.

If you have an old iPhone in working condition then you will also be eligible to receive another additional discount worth up to Rs 17,000 on the iPhone 13.

Buy at Rs. 64,900 (MRP – Rs. 79,900)

Features of Apple iPhone 13 

The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.

The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.

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