A Hitherto Unknown Species of Armored Dinosaur Has Been Found

Chilean paleontologists said it was discovered three years ago at Ceroo Guido, an area in Patagonia with a large number of fossils. with an extraordinary tail a species of dinosaur that fascinated researchers Stegouros elengassen He shared his interesting findings about

It is estimated that the dinosaur, of which paleontologists discovered 80 percent of its skeleton, lived in the region where it was found between 71 and 74.9 million years ago. It is also among the information given that the dinosaur, which was about two meters long and weighed 150 kilograms, was an herbivore.

Dinosaur may represent a previously unknown lineage of armored dinosaurs

During a presentation of the discovery at the University of Chile, one of the research team, paleontologist Alexander Vargas, said the team was working on an already known dinosaur, until they examined the tail. your trunk transferred. Stating that this was a big surprise for the team, Vargas said that the structure of the tail it’s incredible expressed.

According to the team, the newly discovered dinosaur has never been seen in the southern hemisphere; but a hitherto unknown, already identified in the northern part of the continent armored dinosaur lineage likely to represent. Another member of the team, Sergio Soto, said they did not know why the tail evolved this way; however, in armored dinosaur groups, different osteoderm-based defense mechanismsdevelopment independently He noted that there is a tendency

In addition, Soto “With other parts of the planet, in this case Antarctica and Australia. a biogeographic link There is strong evidence that there was closely related we have two armored dinosaurs” he added.