A team of Mexican scientists and paleontologists discovered a new species of "Talkative" dinosaurs after a specimen from about 73 million years ago was found in northern Mexico, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) revealed Thursday night.
The Mexican institution stated on Thursday that the latest discovery is still under investigation. However, the latest research about the ancient reptile has already been published in the scientific journal Cretaceous Research, according to INAH.
According to a statement issued on Thursday by the scientists of the Mexican institution, the scientists indicated the dinosaurs "emitted strong sounds to scare away predators or for reproductive purposes."
"We know that they had ears with the capacity of hearing low-frequency sounds, so they must have been peaceful but talkative dinosaurs," the statement added.
Notably, the Mexican paleontologists discovered 80 percent of a dinosaur's skull, its 1.32-meter crest, and bones such as its femur and shoulder, which allowed researchers to finally realize this year that they had a new species of dinosaur on their hands.
The name Tlatolophus is derived from the indigenous Nahuatl language word 'Tlahtolli'—which means word or statement—and the Greek word 'Lophus', meaning crest
"Giving a dinosaur a title or name is like naming a baby, maybe even easier - you always look for Greek or Latin etymological roots, or maybe a mixture," according to Mexican scientists.
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