Full dino tail unearthed in northern Mexico

A team of Mexican paleontologists has revealed that they have excavated the fossilized remains of 50 vertebrae that is believed to be a full dinosaur tail in the northern desert of Coahuila state.

The country's National Institute of Anthropology and History said that the tail is about 15 feet (5 meters) long and resembles that of a hadrosaur or crested duckbill dinosaur, the New York Daily News reported.

The institute asserted on Monday that the it's not yet possible to confirm the species, but it would be the first full tail of that kind in Mexico.

Felisa Aguilar, one of the paleontologists, said that his team uncovered roughly half of the dinosaur, which was 36 feet (12 meters) long and lived about 72 million years ago.

The excavation was completed in 20 days in the municipality of General Cepeda in the northern state that borders Texas.

The paleontologists, who are working with Mexico's National Autonomous University, also found hip bones.