[Rockhounds] Argentine dinosaur fossils damaged road during transport

Paul etchplain at att.net
Tue May 30 20:09:53 PDT 2023


Humongous, 100-foot-long dinosaur from Argentina is so big
its fossils broke the road during transport
By Laura Geggel, Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/humongous-100-foot-long-dinosaur-from-argentina-is-so-big-its-fossils-broke-the-road-during-transport

Another article is:

Long-necked dinosaur fossil found by Argentine  is one of biggest ever
By Lucila Sigal, Reuters, May 18, 2023
https://www.reuters.com/science/long-necked-dinosaur-fossil-found-by-argentine-scientists-is-one-biggest-ever-2023-05-18/

The paper is:

Agnolin, F.L., Riga, B.J.G., Rolando, A.M.A., Rozadilla,
S., Motta, M.J., Chimento, N.R. and Novas, F.E., 2023. A
new giant titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the
Upper Cretaceous of Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina.
Cretaceous Research, 146, no. 105487.

It has a "a femoral total length of about 1.9 m long."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368983772_A_new_giant_titanosaur_Dinosauria_Sauropoda_from_the_Upper_Cretaceous_of_Northwestern_Patagonia_Argentina

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernardo-Gonzalez-Riga

Yours,

Paul H.



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