Dinosaurs in Argentine Patagonia
found remains of a herbivorous specimen that lived about 99 million years ago
Remains of a herbivorous dinosaur, datable about 99 million years ago, have been found in Patagonia, confirming the territory of Argentina and of the Patagonian provinces in particular, a land of great importance in the world for study and research on ancient geological eras.
The discovery was made by a group of researchers led by the Conicet paleontologist, Juan Ignacio Canale in the town of Villa El Chocón, in the province of Neuquén, about 1.200 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires. After the extraction of the dinosaur's remains and the recovery works, the fossils will be analyzed by the laboratory of the Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum in the same locality.
According to the researchers, an urgent recovery of the fossils has been initiated because they are at risk of destruction and deterioration for various causes. So far, long extremity bones of a herbivorous dinosaur have been identified which, the research team adds, belongs to the sauropod group.
