A toothless, feathered dinosaur that had just two fingers and resembled a giant parrot has been discovered by scientists.

Skeletons of the new species, which lived more than 68 million years ago, were unearthed in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert by a University of Edinburgh-led team.

The creatures - named Oksoko avarsan - grew to around two metres long with only two functional digits on each forearm.

They had a large, toothless beak similar to the type seen in parrots today and would feed on other animals as well as plants.

Read more here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dinosaur-new-species-fossils-parrot-mongolia-oksoko-avarsan-b836020.html

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