Paleontological research counsel it lived through the Cretaceous interval 66-80 million years in the past
Scientists learning Chile’s parched Atacama desert, the world’s driest, have found the remains of a beforehand unknown species of dinosaur that hundreds of thousands of years in the past lived amongst lush greenery in what’s now a moonscape of rock and sand.
A group led by Chilean geologist Carlos Arévalo unearthed the remains of Arackar licanantay, which suggests “Atacama bones” in the Kunza language, 75 kilometers south of the desert metropolis ​​of Copiapó. The so-called titanosaur had a small head and lengthy neck and tail, in addition to an unusually flat again in contrast with others prefer it.
Recent paleontological research counsel Arackar lived amid flowering vegetation, ferns and palm bushes through the Cretaceous interval 66-80 million years in the past. Parts of the Atacama as we speak, against this, have gone with out rain for 100 years and help little plant or animal life.
The discovery of a titanosaur on the west facet of South America’s Andes Mountains is uncommon, although a number of species have been discovered in Argentina and Brazil, additional east.
The dinosaur’s remains had been first found in the Nineteen Nineties and had been described by the scientists in the journal Cretaceous Research.
Arackar additionally seems smaller in measurement in contrast with another titanosaurs. The Argentinosaurus, found on the east facet of the Andes in neighbouring Argentina, was greater than 4 instances as lengthy, scientists say.
The dinosaur’s remains will ultimately be exhibited in Chile’s Museum of Natural History, although that’s presently closed because of coronavirus restrictions.
