Iberospondylus, for example, was a Carboniferous genus that thrived in coastal environments in what's now Spain.

例如，Iberospondylus 是石炭纪的一个属，在现在西班牙的沿海环境中繁衍生息。

The animals play an important part in supplying and testing drugs and the coastal environment makes their conservation " imperative, " she added.

她补充说，这些动物在供应和测试药物方面发挥着重要作用，而沿海环境使保护它们变得“势在必行”。

Today this area is rocky and dry, but when this animal lived there, it was a lush, coastal environment striped with rivers -- perfect for big, plant-eating dinosaurs.

今天这个地区多岩石且干燥，但当这种动物生活在那里时，它是一个郁郁葱葱的沿海环境，河流纵横交错——非常适合大型食草恐龙。