- Title: Argentine scientists discover new dinosaur species
- Date: 11th December 2019
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (DECEMBER 11, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ISASICURSOR SANTACRUCENSIS BONES (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PALAEONTOLOGIST, FERNANDO NOVAS, SAYING: "The Nullotitan was one of the last great dinosaurs, the last giants that lived on the earth. It would measure 25 meters (82 feet) in length, it was herbivorous, long necked, with four legs. It was a common animal because we found a great quantity of its bones during the dig. They (dinosaurs) weren't alone. Also, there were packs of other small dinosaurs of the Iguanodon genus." VARIOUS OF NOVAS' POSING FOR A PICTURE WITH HIS TEAM (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PALAEONTOLOGIST, FERNANDO NOVAS, SAYING: "The Isasicursor was also herbivorous. The interesting thing about this discovery was that we found many bones from this animal but of different sizes, adults and youth, all mixed together. This is one of the few discoveries that reveal to us that these dinosaurs species lived in groups, in packs. They formed packs as a defense mechanism against predators, that in the past were giant carnivores related to tyrannosaurus rex." VARIOUS OF ORIGINAL BONES OF NULLOTITAN GLACIARIARIS
- Embargoed: 25th December 2019 21:26
- Keywords: Argertina Buenos Aires Natural Sciences Museum dinosaur
- Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- Country: Argentina
- Topics: Science,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA003B9JA2X3
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- Story Text: Argentine palaeontologists have discovered the remains of new herbivorous species of dinosaur that inhabited the country's southern El Calafate area some 70 million years.
The Nullotitan Glaciaris measured 25 meters (82 feet) in length, was four-legged and had a long neck.
While the Isasicursor santacrucensis measured four meters in length (13 feet) and could move rapidly on its hinds legs.
During the dig, the scientists also discovered the Isasicursor Santacrucensis, a species that lived in packs.
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