Spesies dinosaurus raksasa baru ditemukan di Patagonia

Para peneliti telah mendeskripsikan dinosaurus sauropoda yang sebelumnya tidak diketahui dari fosil yang ditemukan di provinsi Chubut, Argentina. Makhluk yang dinamai Bicharracosaurus dionidei ini mencapai panjang sekitar 20 meter dan hidup sekitar 155 juta tahun yang lalu.

Para ilmuwan menemukan lebih dari 30 tulang belakang, beberapa tulang rusuk, dan sebagian panggul dari formasi batuan Cañadón Calcáreo. Tulang-tulang tersebut milik hewan dewasa dan menunjukkan perpaduan ciri-ciri yang terlihat pada brachiosaurid dan diplodocid. Alexandra Reutter, penulis pertama studi tersebut dan mahasiswa doktoral di LMU, memimpin analisis terhadap sisa-sisa fosil yang kini disimpan di Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio di Trelew.

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