Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new genus and species of early eusauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic period of China. Mamenchisaurus youngi, a sister species of Huashanosaurus qini. Image credit: Steveoc 86 / CC BY-SA 2.5. Named Huashanosaurus qini, the new dinosaur species is estimated to have been around 12 m (39 feet) long. It lived in what is …
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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 …
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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 …
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