BUENOS AIRES — Paleontologists from Argentina introduced the invention of a brand new medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur, which was a quick runner and lived about 90 million years in the past within the Late Cretaceous interval in current day Patagonia.
The animal, named Chakisaurus nekul, was discovered within the Pueblo Blanco Natural Reserve, within the southern province of Río Negro, an space wealthy in fossils the place many mammals, turtles, and fish have been discovered together with different species of dinosaur.
It is estimated that the biggest Chakisaurus reached 2.5 or 3 meters lengthy and was 70 centimeters excessive (8 to 10 ft lengthy and 27 inches excessive).
Studies of Chakisaurus yielded new findings indicating that it was a quick runner and had its tail curved unusually downward.
“This new species, Chakisaurus nekul, was a bipedal herbivore that among its most important characteristics had a tail that, unlike other dinosaurs, which was horizontal, had a downward curvature,” stated Rodrigo Álvarez, creator of the examine.
“It is something super new for these animals. In addition, it is known that it was a good runner, which was something it needed because it lived with a large number of predators and its only defense was to be faster than them.”
The dinosaur’s title derives from Chaki, which is a phrase from the Aonikenk language, of the indigenous Tehuelche individuals, which implies “old guanaco,” a reference to a medium-sized herbivore mammal discovered within the area. Nekul means “fast” or “agile” within the Mapudungún language, of the native Mapuche individuals.
“He had very strong hind limbs and a tail with an anatomy that allowed him to maneuver it to the sides and so be able to balance during races,” Sebastián Rozadilla, co-author of the publication, defined to Reuters.
A group of Argentine paleontologists with the assist of the National Geographic Society, made the invention initially in 2018, however just lately unveiled their discovering within the revered journal Cretaceous Research. —Reuters
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