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Argentinian scientists have found fossilized bones of one of the world’s oldest dinosaur species in the Andes Mountains, the CONICET research agency announced on Wednesday. A paleontological team led by the institute found the almost complete skeleton of the small long-necked reptile, named Huayracursor jaguensis, at an altitude of 3,000 meters (9,842 feet) in Argentina’s northwest. The team found part …

If there were a list of the best Ice Age fossil sites, two that would top the list would be the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California, and Natural Trap Cave in the Bighorn Mountains near Lovell. The differences between the sites, however, couldn’t be more prominent. The La Brea Tar Pits are a 13-acre park with a …