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In Argentina’s Patagonia, researchers have uncovered a previously unknown dinosaur species that lived approximately 95 million years ago. Named Astigmasaura genuflexa, this massive plant-eating sauropod measured nearly 60 feet in length and weighed more than 10 tons, placing it among the last members of the Rebbachisauridae family before their disappearance around 90 million years ago. The discovery is detailed in …

In a groundbreaking discovery from Patagonia, Astigmasaura genuflexa, a previously unknown species of rebbachisaurid sauropod, was unearthed by paleontologists. This new species offers invaluable insights into sauropod evolution during the Late Cretaceous period, specifically around 95 million years ago. The fossil was found in the El Orejano locality of the Huincul Formation, located in the Neuquén Basin of Argentina. According …

Paleontologists in Patagonia, Argentina, have unearthed a portion of a postcranial skeleton that belonged to a previously unknown rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur. Life reconstruction of Astigmasaura genuflexa. Image credit: Mattia Yuri Messina. The newly-discovered dinosaur lived in what is now Argentina during the Late Cretaceous epoch, approximately 95 million years ago. Scientifically named Astigmasaura genuflexa, the species was about 18 m …