New species of dinosaur discovered in Neuquen, Patagonia

A Spanish-Argentine collaboration has identified a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur in Neuquén, Patagonia, which would have lived over 110 million years ago. The new dinosaur belongs to the family of Rebbachisauridae, a type of herbivorous quadruped. The fossils discovered were that of an adult of around 10 to 12 meters as well as two young that would have been between six and seven meters long. The Independent reported it was likely the dinosaurs ate leaves and grass, and they traveled and died together. “We found most of the cranial bones: the snout, the jaws, a lot of teeth, also the bones that…

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