The
mummified remains of a mystery animal have been found in Siberia by diamond
miners.
The creature
was discovered in sands at Udachny, 1160 miles northwest of regional capital
Yakutsk.
“The diamond
miners who unearthed it believe the ‘monster mummy’ is a previously unknown
kind of dinosaur,
Scientists
however, were reported the be “less certain” and want to study the animal which
was found at one of Russia’s major diamond mines.
Other
theories suggest the mini-monster could be a wolverine - a carnivorous mammal that resembles a small
bear - or a sable or marten.
The mystery
animal is due to be taken from Udachny - literally meaning ‘lucky’ - to Yakutsk
for examination.
The
diamondiferous sands where it was unearthed date from the Mesozoic Era from
about 252 to 66 million years ago.
The town is
famous for the Udachnaya pipe diamond deposit, discovered in 1955, and mined
since the 1960s.
In 1974 a
1.7 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated 98 metres (322 ft) underground to create
the basin for a tailings dam for the diamond mine.
Today’s
climate in the area is extreme sub-arctic.
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