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Argentina: New species of dinosaur from Patagonia unveiled in Buenos Aires
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14.07.2016
A team of Argentinian and US researchers unveiled the fossils of an unusual two-fingered carnivorous dinosaur from Argentina's Patagonia region in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, after the skeleton went missing some nine years ago.
The two-legged dinosaur measures six to eight metres long (20 to 26 feet) with arms of approximately 60 cm (2 feet) in length, roughly the same size of a human child.
The fossil from this species was found in 2007, when Sebastian Apesteguia and his team discovered it in Patagonia, the southern region of Argentina. The skeleton then disappeared after a road accident while being transported, but reappeared in the care of personnel with the Rio Negro Patagonian Natural Sciences Museum in 2012.
Due to the many difficulties surrounding the discovery of the dinosaur fossils, the team, led by Dr. Sebastian Apesteguia, named the recently discovered species Gualicho, which means bad luck in the Tehuelche Argentinian language.
The two-legged dinosaur measures six to eight metres long (20 to 26 feet) with arms of approximately 60 cm (2 feet) in length, roughly the same size of a human child.
The fossil from this species was found in 2007, when Sebastian Apesteguia and his team discovered it in Patagonia, the southern region of Argentina. The skeleton then disappeared after a road accident while being transported, but reappeared in the care of personnel with the Rio Negro Patagonian Natural Sciences Museum in 2012.
Due to the many difficulties surrounding the discovery of the dinosaur fossils, the team, led by Dr. Sebastian Apesteguia, named the recently discovered species Gualicho, which means bad luck in the Tehuelche Argentinian language.
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