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Chilean Scientists Announce Discovery of New Species of Dinosaur

Chilean Scientists Announce Discovery of New Species of Dinosaur Chilean Scientists Announce Discovery of New Species of Dinosaur Lead Photo: Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Read more In the 1990s, scientists in Chile unearthed the fossils belonging to a new species of dinosaur, and on Monday (April 19), the Chilean Culture Ministry finally made the announcement public. This is only the third “non-avian” dinosaur ever found in the South American country. Graphic on the Arackar Licanantay, a new species of dinosaur discovered in Chile s Atacama desert #AFPgraphicspic.twitter.com/roQuYtYOcO “This represents a relevant milestone for the Chilean paleontological heritage,” says David Rubilar, head of the paleontology area at Chile’s Museum of Natural History. “The group of titanosaurs is very broad and diverse, with repeated finds in what is today Argentina and Brazil. However, it’s much rarer to find them on this side of the [A

Plant-Eating Dinosaur Found in the World s Driest Desert

It’s hard to image that a plant-eating dinosaur once lived and thrived in the world’s driest desert but that’s exactly what happened many millions of years ago. Scientists discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived in Chile’s Atacama Desert. An Arackar licanantay (meaning “Atacama bones” in the Kunza language) was found by a team of experts that was led by Chilean geologist Carlos Arévalo. The remains – which included portions of a humerus, femur, and ischium, as well as vertebral elements from its back and neck – were unearthed 75 kilometers south of Copiapó. While it was found in the 1990s, researchers have spent the last several years analyzing the remains. Referred to as a so-called titanosaur (a specific group of sauropods), this never-before-seen species had a small head, long neck, an oddly flat back, and a long tail.

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