{"id":232099,"date":"2021-04-21T12:43:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T09:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-giant-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-chile\/"},"modified":"2021-04-21T12:43:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T09:43:27","slug":"new-giant-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-giant-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"#New giant dinosaur species discovered in Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New giant dinosaur species discovered in Chile<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Chilean paleontologists announced Monday the discovery of a new species of giant dinosaurs called Arackar licanantay.<\/p>\n

The dinosaur belongs to the titanosaur dinosaur family tree but is unique in the world due to features on its dorsal vertebrae.<\/p>\n

The Arackar licanantay\u2014a Kunza indigenous language name that means “Atacame\u00f1o bones”\u2014lived in what is now the Atacama Region, during the end of the Cretaceous period, 80 to 66 million years ago.<\/p>\n

The fossil specimen belongs to a large, quadruped, herbivore measuring some 6.3 meters (20’8”) in length but scientists determined the remains are that of a juvenile.<\/p>\n

Adults are estimated to have grown to reach 8 meters in length (26′).<\/p>\n

The bones\u2014a femur, humerus, ischium and vertebral elements of the neck and back\u2014were initially discovered in the 1990’s by geologist Carlos Ar\u00e9valo.<\/p>\n

Ar\u00e9valo excavated the specimen with experts from Chile’s National Geology and Mining Service, during a dig 75 kilometers (46 miles) south of the city of Copiap\u00f3, in the Atacama Region.<\/p>\n


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