Chilean Scientists Announce Discovery of New Species of Dinosaur
Chilean Scientists Announce Discovery of New Species of Dinosaur
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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.
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“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
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Santiago, Apr 19 (EFE).- The Chilean Culture Ministry on Monday announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur measuring an estimated 6.3 meters (20.7 feet) in length, that lived in what is now the northern Atacama desert region during the final phase of the Cretaceous Period, between 66 and 80 million years ago.
The fossilized specimen, dubbed Arackar licanantay (which means “Atacama bones” in the Kunza language), belongs to the group of titanosaurs, quadruped herbivores with a small head, long neck and long tail.
Several species within this group are presently among the largest land animals ever to walk the Earth, although the one found in Chile is one of the smaller members of that family, relatively speaking.